(a) A licensed
child care provider described in
7 AAC 41.200(a)(l) shall comply with
the requirements of
7 AAC 57.400(a). A child care provider
described in
7 AAC 41.200(a)(2), (3), or (4) shall
meet the applicable requirements of the accrediting, certifying, or approving
agency. A provider described in
7 AAC 41.200(a)(5) shall
(1) at or before a child's admission for
care, obtain emergency information about the child from the child's parent,
including
(A) information about any drug or
other allergies;
(B) information
about any medication the child is taking or medical or other treatment the
child requires;
(C) information on
how to contact the child's parent and at least one other local emergency
contact individual;
(D) permission
slips on a form prescribed by the department, signed by the parent, for
emergency transport to a health care facility and for the provision of
emergency care and treatment; and
(E) the name of a hospital and physician of
choice as designated by the parent;
(2) maintain the information obtained under
(1) of this subsection on a form prescribed by the department; and
(3) review and update information obtained
under (1) of this subsection at least semi-annually, and more often if a parent
provides changed or additional information.
(b) A provider may not admit a child if that
child's admission would place the provider beyond the conditions of approval to
participate in the child care assistance program under this chapter.
(c) The provider shall collaborate with the
child's parent in developing and implementing a plan of care for the child at
or before admission when a child is identified as having special needs or when
a special need is identified. The plan of care
(1) must be approved by the parent and the
provider responsible for the care of the child and must be signed and dated by
the parent, the provider, and as applicable by provider type, the administrator
and the facility coordinator for special needs children, if any;
(2) must be based on the following
information, to the extent that the parent consents in writing to disclose the
information:
(A) results of medical and
developmental examinations;
(B)
assessments of the child's cognitive functioning or current overall
functioning;
(C) evaluations of the
family's needs, concerns, and priorities;
(D) the child's individualized family service
plan (IFSP) developed under
4 AAC 52.142 or individualized education program (lEP)
developed under
4 AAC 52.140, if any;
(E) other evaluations as
needed;
(3) must address
any specific services the child care provider will provide in functional
outcome objectives, designated responsibility for provision, and
financing;
(4) must list any
additional services, including educational or therapeutic services, the child
is receiving from other service providers, and must identify the providers of
those services; and
(5) may contain
permission from the parent for the child care provider to contact additional
service providers and the child's individualized family service plan (IFSP)
coordinator, if any.
(d)
A child care provider shall review information submitted about a child under
(c) of this section in order to determine whether the provider can meet the
child's needs. If, after reviewing that information, the provider determines it
can satisfy the child's needs, the provider may admit the child. If the
provider has reason to believe that, even with reasonable accommodation, the
provider cannot meet the child's needs, the provider may deny admission to the
child.
