Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) Child care
staff shall ensure that for each child, upon the child's first day in
attendance in the program, there is a "Child Care Registration and Emergency
Information" (April 2022) form or an equivalent form provided by the child care
program completed and signed by the parent, on file, which contains:
(1) Full legal name of the child;
(2) Child's date of birth;
(3) Child's physical address and mailing
address;
(4) Child's home telephone
number;
(5) Date of enrollment in
the program;
(6) The name, physical
address, and mailing address of the parent(s) responsible for the child, if
different from the child's address;
(7) Telephone numbers for the child's parents
and instructions as to how the parents can be contacted during the hours that
the child is at the program;
(8)
Email addresses for the parents, if available;
(9) Names and telephone numbers of at least
one person who will assume responsibility for the child, if for any reason, the
parents cannot be reached immediately in an emergency;
(10) Any chronic conditions, allergies, or
medications in case of sudden illness or injury;
(11) Written parental permission for first
aid treatment;
(12) Written
parental permission for emergency medical transportation and
treatment;
(13) The name and
telephone number of each child's physician or health care provider;
and
(14) Names and telephone
numbers of any person(s) other than parents who are authorized to remove the
child from the program.
(b) The program shall require each child's
parent(s) to review, sign, and date, on an annual basis, the "Child Care
Registration and Emergency Information" (April 2022) form, or its equivalent,
to ensure that accurate, current information is on file.
(c) The program shall ensure each child's
registration and emergency information form contains the following statements:
(1) "NOTE TO PARENT/S or
GUARDIAN/S: The licensing authority for this program is the bureau of
licensing and certification, child care licensing unit. Child care programs are
required to post a copy of the statement of findings and corrective action plan
for the most recent visit in a location which is accessible to parents, and
must maintain copies of the statement of findings and corrective action plan
for the preceding visit and make them available for parents to review upon
request. Statements of findings and corrective action plans are also available
on-line at: or by calling the unit at 603-271-9025; or 1-800-852-3345 ext.
9025";
(2) "During visits to
programs, licensing staff speak with children regarding the care they receive
at a program if in the judgment of the licensing staff the children's response
would be valuable in determining compliance with licensing rules. Licensing
staff are experienced in working with children and trained to speak with
children in a manner that is respectful and non-leading. Children will remain
with their class or group during these conversations with licensing staff, and
at no time will a child be forced to speak with a licensing coordinator. Please
indicate whether licensing staff may speak with your child while they are with
their class or group:
a. I give permission
for child care licensing staff to speak with my child while with their class or
group;
b. I do not give my
permission for child care licensing staff to speak with my child while with
their class or group."; and
(3) "If licensing staff believes your child
may have specific information regarding an alleged event at the program, and
determines that it is best to interview your child separately and not with
their class or group, please indicate your preference among the following
options:
a. I give permission for child care
licensing staff to interview my child at the child care program separate from
their class or group;
b. I wish to
be notified prior to child care licensing staff interviewing my child at the
child care program separate from their class or group;
c. I do not give my permission for child care
licensing staff to interview my child at the child care program separate from
their class or group."
(d) The program shall request and maintain on
file for each child documentation of immunizations in accordance with
RSA
141-C:20-a,
RSA
141-C:20-b, and
He-P
301.14.
(e) The documentation described in (d) above
shall be on file on the first day the child is in attendance at the program or,
pursuant to 45 CFR § 98,
41(a)(1)(i)(C),
for children experiencing homelessness or for children in foster care within 60
days of the first date of attendance, to allow families or persons responsible
for their care to obtain and provide documentation of immunizations.
(f) Exemptions from the immunizations
required under (d) above shall be in accordance with
RSA
141-C:20-c.
(g) Programs shall complete the department's
annual report of children's immunizations in accordance with
RSA
141-C:20-e and
He-P
301.15(d).
(h) The program shall maintain on file a
completed child health screening form "New Hampshire Early Childhood Health
Assessment Record" (May 2012) provided by the department, or an equivalent
record of physical examination which is available for review by the department
for each child no more than 60 calendar days after the date of
admission.
(i) A written record of
a health screening or physical examination update shall be on file in
accordance with the following:
(1) For
children younger than 6 years of age, programs shall have on file a copy of a
physical examination completed within 60 days of the date of expiration of the
last record of physical exam on file; and
(2) For children ages 6 and older, programs
shall have on file a copy of the physical examination record completed within
the year prior to enrollment.
(j) Programs shall not be required to obtain
physical examination records for children whose parents object in writing, on
the grounds that such physical examination is contrary to their religious
beliefs.
#2664, eff 3-30-84, EXPIRED 3-30-90
New. #4871, eff 7-24-90; ss by
#5203, eff 8-16-91; ss by #6558, INTERIM, eff 8-16-97, EXPIRED: 12-14-97
New. #6719, eff 3-25-98; ss by
#7294, eff 5-26-00; ss by #9160, INTERIM, eff 5-26-08, EXPIRES: 11-22-08; ss by
#9310, eff 11-23-08 (from
He-C
4002.11)
