(a) A child care
facility shall
(1) at or before a child's
admission to the facility, 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 for emergency transport
to health care facilities and for the provision of emergency care, signed by
the parent;
(E) permission for
emergency treatment, signed by the parent; and
(F) a hospital and physician of choice as
designated by the parent;
(2) maintain the information on a form
supplied by the department; and
(3)
review and update information obtained under (1) of this subsection at least
semi-annually, or more often if a parent provides changed or additional
information.
(b) A child
care facility may not admit a child if the child's admission would place the
facility beyond the conditions of the facility's license.
(c) At or before the admission to a child
care facility of a child who is identified as having special needs under
7 AAC 57.940, the facility shall collaborate with the
child's parent in developing and implementing a plan of care for the child. The
plan of care
(1) must be approved by the
parent and the caregiver responsible for the care of the child and must be
signed and dated by the parent, the caregiver, the facility coordinator for
special needs children, if any, and the administrator;
(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 (IEP)
developed under
4 AAC 52.140, if any;
(E) other evaluations as needed;
(3) must address any specific
services the child care facility will provide in functional outcome objectives,
and the 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 facility to contact providers of additional
services and the child's IFSP coordinator, if any.
(d) A child care facility shall review
information provided about a child under (c) of this section in order to
determine whether the facility can satisfy the child's needs. If, after
reviewing that information and the application, the facility determines it can
satisfy the child's needs, the facility may admit the child. If the facility
has reason to believe that, even with reasonable accommodation, the facility
cannot meet the child's needs, the facility may deny admission to the
child.
