Delaware Administrative Code
Title 14 - Education
900 - Special Populations
936 - Child Placing Agencies
Part II - FOSTER CARE
Section 936-II-35.0 - Sleeping Arrangements
Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024
35.1 A licensee shall ensure an infant naps and sleeps alone in a crib in the foster home.
35.2 A licensee shall ensure a foster parent uses safe sleep practices as stated by the American Academy of Pediatrics and places an infant on his or her back when putting the infant down to nap or sleep. Written documentation from the child's health care provider is needed to use a different sleep position.
35.3 A licensee shall ensure each child has and sleeps in his or her own age-appropriate crib or bed that has a mattress covered with a clean fitted sheet. A licensee shall ensure pillows, top sheets, and blankets are provided for children over the age of 12 months sleeping in beds.
35.4 Children of the opposite sex under age five may share a bedroom. Children of the same sex may share a bedroom.
35.5 A licensee shall ensure that a child over age one does not share a bedroom with an adult unless documentation from the child's health care provider states the child should share the room with an adult.
