Section 3. Definition of Terms. - For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall mean:

1. Caregivers refers to a person, at least eighteen (18) years of age, who renders services as enumerated under Section 7 of this Act and shall include the following:

   1. Licensed health care professionals who listed themselves voluntarily with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) as caregivers;

   2. Any person duly assessed and certified by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) upon compliance with any of the following:

      1. Graduate of a caregiving qualification who achieved the required competencies;

      2. Graduate of allied health care courses of an educational and/or accredited training institution; or

      3. Practitioner or any person with prior learning and/or experience who has undergone competency or portfolio assessment.

2. Client refers to a newborn, infant, toddler, preschooler, school children, adolescent, adult, elderly, and people with special needs;

3. Direct Hire refers to a caregiver whose services are engaged directly without assistance or participation of a private employment agency;

4. Employer refers to any person who engages the services of a caregiver and is a party to the employment contract;

5. Household refers to the immediate members of the family or the occupants of the house where the caregiver is employed in a residential setting;

6. Private Employment Agency (PEA) refers to any individual, legitimate partnership, corporation or entity licensed by the DOLE to engage in the recruitment and placement of caregivers for local employment; and

7. Public Employment Service (PESO) refers to a non-free charging multi-dimensional employment service facility or entity established in all local govenrment units (LGUs), in coordination with the DOLE, pursuant to Republic Act No. 8759, otherwise known as the "Public Employment Service Office Act of 1999", as amended by Republic Act No. 10691.