Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
Each licensee shall ensure that the requirements of this
regulation are met when any foster child receiving services from the
child-placement agency is transported by a staff member or a volunteer of the
child-placement agency.
(a) The driver
shall be 18 years of age or older and shall hold an operator's license of a
type appropriate for the vehicle being used, a copy of which shall be provided
to the child-placement agency.
(b)
The transporting vehicle shall be maintained in a safe operating
condition.
(c) The vehicle shall be
covered by accident and liability insurance as required by the state of
Kansas.
(d) Trailers pulled by
another vehicle, camper shells, or truck beds shall not be used for the
transportation of any child.
(e)
The use of seat belts and child safety seats shall include the following:
(1) Each foster child shall be secured by the
use of a seat belt or a child safety seat when the vehicle is in
motion.
(2) No more than one foster
child shall be secured in any seat belt or child safety seat.
(3) Each seat belt shall be properly anchored
to the vehicle.
(4) When a child
safety seat, including a booster seat, is required, the seat shall meet the
following requirements:
(A) Have current
federal approval;
(B) be installed
and used according to the manufacturer's instructions and the vehicle owner's
manual;
(C) be appropriate to the
height, weight, and physical condition of the child, according to the
manufacturer's instructions and meet the requirements of
K.S.A.
8-1344 and amendments thereto;
(D) be properly maintained;
(E) have a label with the date of manufacture
and model number, for use in case of a product recall; and
(F) have no missing parts or cracks in the
frame or have been in a collision.
(f) The health and safety of the children
riding in the vehicle shall be protected as follows:
(1) All passenger doors shall be locked while
the vehicle is in motion.
(2) Order
shall be maintained at all times to allow safe operation of the
vehicle.
(3) All parts of each
foster child's body shall remain inside the vehicle at all times.
(4) Foster children shall neither enter nor
exit from the vehicle from or into a lane of traffic.
(5) When the vehicle is vacated, the driver
shall make certain that no foster child is left in the vehicle.
(6) Smoking in the vehicle shall be
prohibited.
(7) When any foster
child is in the vehicle, the driver shall pull over and stop the vehicle to use
a cellular phone only for communication that is critical and is of short
duration.
(8) Each foster child
shall be transported to the location designated by the licensee with no
unauthorized stops along the way, except in an emergency.
(g) If a vehicle used for transportation of a
foster child that is receiving services from the child-placement agency is
owned or leased by the child-placement agency, a first aid kit shall be in the
vehicle.
