14 U.S.C. § 2921: Definitions

The term “child abuse and neglect” has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5101 note). The term “child development center employee” means a civilian employee of the Coast Guard who is employed to work in a Coast Guard child development center without regard to whether the employee is paid from appropriated or nonappropriated funds. The term “Coast Guard child development center” means a facility on Coast Guard property or on property under the jurisdiction of the commander of a Coast Guard unit at which child care services are provided for members of the Coast Guard. The term “competitive service position” means a position in the competitive service (as defined in section 2102 of title 5 ). is certified by the Commandant as qualified to provide home-based child care services; and provides home-based child care services on a regular basis in exchange for monetary compensation.