§ 375. Requirement of certificate or license to board children.
Except for relatives within the second degree or third degree of the
parents of a child or children, relatives within the second degree or
third degree of the step-parent of a child or children, legally
appointed guardians, schools and academies meeting the requirements of
the education law as to compulsory education, camps operated for profit
for the accommodation of school age children during school vacation
periods under permits issued by health officers pursuant to chapter
seven of the state sanitary code, and persons with whom a child or
children are placed out, no person shall receive, board or keep any
child under the age of eighteen years unless certified or licensed to do
so as provided in this title.