Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 430.000 - Minimum Standards for Recreational Camps for Children (State Sanitary Code, Chapter IV)
Section 430.161 - Emergency/Medical Facilities and Equipment
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(A) The operator of each residential camp and each day camp shall provide a single facility identified as an infirmary or first aid facility. Such facility in a residential camp shall be easily recognizable and accessible during the day and the night.
(B) In accordance with guidance from the Department, every residential camp shall have designated space for isolation of a child ill with a communicable disease or suspected of such illness or otherwise in need of quiet and rest, at a location suitably separated from the regular living and sleeping quarters so as to ensure both quiet to the patient and safety to other persons. The space shall be suitably equipped, including a ventilation system capable of providing negative pressure. An isolated child shall be provided with adequate adult supervision. Camps shall notify parents or guardians as soon as possible if their child is isolated.
(C) First aid supplies shall be readily available to the staff wherever the health care consultant deems necessary, and shall be part of the written orders required by 105 CMR 430.159(A). First aid kits shall meet American National Standards Institute Z308.1-2015 requirements including, at a minimum, one Class B Kit and one or more Class A Kits, as necessary.