North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 70 - CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Subchapter I - MINIMUM LICENSING STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD-CARE
Section .0600 - SERVICE DELIVERY
Section 70I .0609 - RECREATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 70I .0609

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) A residential child-care facility shall develop a written schedule of planned recreational, leisure, or physical exercise activities with input from both staff and children that meets the children's developmental needs. The schedule shall be posted in each facility.

(b) A residential child-care facility shall provide indoor and outdoor, individual and group recreational opportunities, with adult supervision, appropriate to the age, interests, needs, and abilities of each child in accordance with the reasonable and prudent parent standard, G.S. 131D-10.2A.

(c) A residential child-care facility shall provide recreational opportunities for children to play with children of both genders.

(d) A residential child-care facility shall have an individualized recreation plan for any child who has special recreational needs.

Authority G.S. 131D-10.2A; 131D-10.5; 143B-153;
Eff. July 1, 1999 (See S.L. 1999, c. 237 s. 11.30);
Amended Eff. October 1, 2008;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. April 5, 2016;
Amended Eff. October 1, 2017.

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