Statutes | Menominee Tribal Code Article IX Chapter 368 ยง 368-42 | 2018
In this article, the following words and phrases have the designated meanings, unless the context of a specific section manifestly requires a different construction:
A person who has not attained the age of 18 years.
A facility operated and licensed by the Tribe or child welfare agency under § 48.60, Wis. Stats., for the care and maintenance of children residing in that facility.
Any facility operated by a person required to be licensed by the Tribe or by § 48.62(1)(a), Wis. Stats., and that provides care and maintenance for no more than four children unless all of the children are siblings.
Any facility operated by a person required to be licensed by the Tribe or the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families under § 48.625, Wis. Stats., for the care and maintenance of five to eight children.[1]
Includes but not limited to negligent treatment, care or supervision of a child, by a person responsible for the child's welfare, under circumstances which indicate that the child's health or welfare is harmed or threatened for reasons other than poverty.
Includes but is not limited to the child's parent guardian foster parent an employee of a public or private group home, institution or agency entrusted with the care of a child or a person employed by one legally responsible for the child's welfare to exercise temporary control or care for the child or other person entrusted with the care of the child.
Refers to social service entities responsible for the licensing and supervision of group homes, child caring institutions, and day-care facilities licensed by the Tribe or under § 48.65, Wis. Stats., providing care and supervision of children for less than 24 hours a day.
A nonsecure place of temporary care and physical custody for children, including a holdover room, licensed by the Tribe or the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families under § 48.66(1), Wis. Stats.[2]
Any facility that is operated by a person required to be licensed by the Tribe or § 48.62(1)(b), Wis. Stats., that is operated under the supervision of the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, a county department, a licensed child welfare agency or the Menominee Department of Social Services and that provides to no more than four children care, maintenance and structured, professional treatment by trained individuals, including the treatment foster parents.[3]