Current through September 2, 2024
01.
Child-Staff Ratios. Ratios must be maintained during all hours of operation when children are in attendance and when transporting children.
a. Each child in attendance is counted by the Department for the purposes of calculating maximum allowable points, counting the number of children in attendance, and for determining compliance with child-staff ratios;
b. Each adult staff who is providing direct care for a child(ren) is counted by the Department as one (1) staff for the purposes of counting the number of staff on-duty and determining compliance with child-staff ratios; and
c. Each staff sixteen (16) and seventeen (17) years old must be under the supervision of an adult staff, when providing direct care for a child(ren), and may be counted by the Department as one (1) staff for the purposes of counting the number of staff on-duty and determining compliance with child-staff ratios.
02.
Supervision of Children. The owner or operator and all staff are responsible for the direct care, protection, supervision, and guidance of children through active involvement or direct observation. In addition to meeting the child-staff ratio requirements, the owner or operator of a daycare facility must ensure that:
a. At least one (1) adult staff is always awake and on duty on the premises during regular business hours or when children are in attendance; and
b. All providers, owners, and staff who provide direct care to children must have current certification in pediatric rescue breathing (CPR) and pediatric first aid from a certified instructor. Providers who do not have these certifications will not count in child-staff ratios.
03.
Sleeping Children. Must be within sight and normal hearing range of a provider.
04.
Overnight Daycare. For daycare operators providing overnight care of children, the following must apply:
a. A sleeping child sleeps on the same level as the staff member who must be able to hear the child; and
b. A staff member is awake and on duty to release and receive a child.
c. Children sleeping at the facility have separate cots, mats, or beds and blankets.
d. A child will not share a bed with a non-parent adult.
Effective July 1, 2024
