Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Article 4 - MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
Section 28-4-187 - Administration
Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 28-4-187
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Organization. Each day care referral agency shall have a clearly designated individual or governing body which shall exercise authority over and have responsibility for the operation, policies, and practices of the day care referral agency.
(b) Insurance. Each day care referral agency shall carry liability insurance and accident insurance of not less than $100,000 per occurrence.
(c) Services.
(1) Each day care referral agency shall have
a written description of the day care referral services to be offered to
children and their families. The statement of services shall be available in
individual copies for distribution to clients and to the public.
(2) Any advertisements shall conform to the
written statement of services.
(3)
Each day care referral agency shall notify the division of any changes in the
designated authority or services offered:
(4) Referrals shall be made only to child
care facilities which have a temporary permit, a license, or a certificate of
registration issued by the secretary of the department of health and
environment.
(5) The following
referral records shall be maintained for a period of one year and shall be
available for review by licensing staff:
(A)
Date of inquiry;
(B) name of
person requesting referral; and
(C) disposition of request.
(d) Personnel.
(1) Staffing patterns.
(A) Each day care referral agency that
operates child care facilities shall maintain a separate direct child care
staff.
(B) Day care referral staff
shall not be counted in determining child/staff ratios in any other licensed or
registered child care facility.
(2) Records. A personnel record shall be
maintained for each day care referral service staff member. The record shall
include: job descriptions, medical records, and a record of training and
experience. Each staff member shall have reasonable access to that staff
member's file and shall be allowed to add any written statement that staff
member wishes to make to the file at any time.
(3) Staff qualifications. Day care referral
agencies shall have at least one staff member who meets the following
requirements:
(A) Knowledge of the needs of
young children;
(B) Human
relations skills to relate to the providers, parents and community; and
(C) Training or experience in
administrative skills such as budgeting, bookkeeping, and recordkeeping.
(4) Volunteers. The
agency shall, if it makes use of volunteers, develop a written plan for their
orientation, training, and use. The agency shall assign a staff person to
supervise volunteers.
(5)
Substitute care.
(A) Day care referral
agencies shall not move children from one child care provider to another or
knowingly assist in the relocation of children without establishing, with the
provider, a means of informing each child's parent or parents.
(B) If the need for substitute care is known
in advance, parents shall be given notification of names, addresses, and
telephone numbers of substitute providers and shall make their own substitute
care arrangements.
(C) Emergency
permission forms and health assessment forms shall accompany the child to the
substitute care.
(D) The agency
shall report to the department the name, address and birthdate of each new
staff person hired, each new person living in the facility, and each new
volunteer recruited during the license year. This report shall be filed within
two weeks of the time the person begins to reside, work or volunteer in the
facility.
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