Arizona Administrative Code
Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 3 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES - CHILD CARE GROUP HOMES
Article 5 - PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT STANDARDS
Section R9-3-506 - General Cleaning and Sanitation Standards

1. All areas of the child care group home approved for providing child care services and the furnishings, equipment, supplies, materials, utensils, and toys in those areas are kept clean and free of insects and vermin;

2. All equipment, materials, and toys used by or accessible to enrolled children are cleaned and disinfected as often as necessary to maintain them in a clean and disinfected condition and, for items used by infants or one- or two-year-old children, at least once every 24 hours;

3. All plumbing fixtures at the child care group home are maintained in operating condition;

4. The plumbing at the child care group home supplies sufficient water pressure to meet the child care group home's toileting and cleaning needs;

5. Each bathroom used by an enrolled child at the child care group home has the following within the reach of enrolled children:

6. A staff member washes the staff member's hands with soap and running water after toileting;

7. An enrolled child, other than an enrolled child with special needs who cannot wash the enrolled child's own hands, washes the enrolled child's hands with soap and running water after toileting;

8. After an enrolled child with special needs who cannot wash the enrolled child's own hands uses the toilet, a staff member washes the enrolled child's hands with a washcloth, cloth, or paper towel, or disposable wipes, using each washcloth, cloth, or paper towel, or disposable wipe on only one enrolled child and only one time before it is laundered or discarded;

9. Each toilet bowl and sink in a child care group home available for use by enrolled children is cleaned and disinfected daily or, if necessary, more often;

10. A bathtub is cleaned and disinfected before being used to bathe an enrolled child and, if used to bathe more than one enrolled child in one day, between each use;

11. Food waste at the child care group home is stored in a covered waterproof container that is clean and lined with a plastic bag; and

12. Food waste and other refuse is removed from the residence daily or, if necessary, more often.