Sec. 28.6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), "child care home", for purposes of IC 12-17.2, means a residential structure in which at least eight (8) children, or at least four (4) children under twelve (12) months of age, (not including the children for whom the provider is a parent, stepparent, guardian, custodian, or other relative) at any time receive child care from a provider:
(1) while unattended by a parent, legal guardian, or custodian;
(2) for regular compensation; and
(3) for more than six (6) hours per day but less than twenty-four (24) hours per day for ten (10) consecutive days, not including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
(b) The term includes:
(1) a class I child care home; and
(2) a class II child care home.
(c) A child who is:
(1) a relative of a provider;
(2) under the custody or guardianship of a provider; or
(3) at least fourteen (14) years of age and does not require child care;
is not a child described under subsection (a).