Arizona Administrative Code
Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 3 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES - CHILD CARE GROUP HOMES
Article 5 - PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT STANDARDS
Section R9-3-508 - Pet and Animal Standards

1. Each dog, cat, or ferret at the child care group home has a current vaccination against rabies;

2. Documentation of current vaccination against rabies, required in subsection (1), is maintained on the premises;

3. All pet and animal habitats at the child care group home are kept clean;

4. When kept in an area of the child care group home approved for providing child care services, a bird is:

5. Pets and animals are controlled so that the cleanliness of the child care group home is maintained and no enrolled child, staff member, or other individual at the child care group home is endangered;

6. All animals, except cats and dogs, are kept in enclosures that are inaccessible to enrolled children, except as an activity, during hours of operation;

7. A reptile in a child care group home is:

8. Each pet dish is inaccessible to enrolled children during hours of operation;

9. Receptacles for pet feces and urine, such as litter boxes, are inaccessible to enrolled children;

10. Pet feces in an outdoor activity area are cleaned up before enrolled children are permitted in the outdoor activity area; and

11. Enrolled children and staff members wash their hands with soap and running water after an activity involving animals.