Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice
Chapter 67 - Foster Home Licensing Standards
Article 4 - Health and Safety in the Foster Home
7 AAC 67.360 - Safe sleep
Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 67.360
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) A foster parent shall provide beds, cribs, and bedding for the children in the home.
(b) A foster parent shall provide children with individual beds and cribs, except that children under six years of age of the same sex may share a bed with approval of the department.
(c) For an infant, the foster parent must follow safe sleep practices, including
(1) not
using soft bedding materials that increase the risk of suffocation, including
comforters, pillows, fluffy blankets, crib bumpers that do not stand upright,
and stuffed toys;
(2) not using
sleeping equipment that may allow a child to fall, become entrapped, or have
clothing tangled on protrusions;
(3) providing each child in care with the
child's own sleeping area; and
(4)
prohibiting co-sleeping; in this paragraph "co-sleeping" means the practice of
allowing an infant to share a bed with an adult.
Authority:AS 44.30.020
AS 47.14.120
AS 47.32.010
AS 47.32.030
AS 47.32.130
AS 47.32.140
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