Alabama Administrative Code
Title 660 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Chapter 660-5-20 - HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES - REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR FACILITIES PARTICIPATING IN THE CHILD CARE SUBSIDY PROGRAM
Section 660-5-20-.08 - Nighttime Facilities
Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 660-5-20-.08
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
In addition to the requirements set forth for day care facilities, facilities providing nighttime care shall meet the following regulations or modifications:
(1) Equipment and furnishings.
(a) In facilities
operating past midnight, cribs or cots, fitted with a waterproof mattress,
shall be provided for each child.
(b) In facilities operating past midnight,
there shall be at least one (1) bathing facility for every fifteen (15)
children.
(2) Child Care Program,
(a) Staffing.
1. Staff-child ratio for sleeping children:
|
Ages |
Staff to Child Ratio |
|
0 up to 18 months |
1 to 5 |
|
18 months up to 21/2 years |
1 to 14 |
|
2 1/2 years up to 4 years |
1 to 18 |
|
4 years and older |
1 to 25 |
2.
Required staff-child ratios and grouping for day care facilities shall be
maintained while the children are awake.
3. At least one staff person who is at least
19 years of age, who meets child care worker qualifications and has a current
Infant-Child (Pediatric) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certificate (CPR) and a
current First Aid Certificate, shall be present in the facility during all
hours of operation. Copies of the certificates shall be kept on file in the
facility.
4. Coverage.
(i) All children shall have staff supervision
at all times.
(ii) Each staff
person giving care before bedtime and bedtime periods shall be assigned the
responsibility of caring for the same children nightly.
(iii) There shall be at least one (1) staff
person in each room of sleeping children. Staff shall be able to see all the
children at all times.
(iv) All
staff on duty shall be awake and alert to the needs of the children.
(v) There shall be at least two staff persons
age 19 or older available in the facility or on the premises, whenever children
are present. Required staff-child ratios shall be met at all times.
(vi) While children are sleeping, lighting
shall be maintained at a level that will enable children to be visible.
(b) Food and
food service.
1. Any child who goes directly
from the facility to school shall be served breakfast before leaving the
facility unless breakfast shall be eaten at school.
2. An evening meal shall be served for
children in attendance.
(c) Bathing.
1. If any child in care is bathed, clean
water shall be provided for each child. Each child shall be bathed separately.
Each child shall be supervised while bathing.
2. An individual bar of soap, an individual
towel, and individual washcloth shall be provided for each child who is bathed
at the facility.
3. The staff shall
assist each child, in dressing and grooming, as needed.
Author: Jeanetta E. Green
Statutory Authority: Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C.S. §§9857 et seq,).
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