North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 75 - Department of Human Services
Article 75-03 - Community Services
Chapter 75-03-11.1 - Preschool Early Childhood Services
Section 75-03-11.1-24 - Specialized types of care and minimum requirements
Universal Citation: ND Admin Code ยง 75-03-11.1-24
Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024
1. Night care.
a. Any school-age child care
program offering night care shall provide program modifications for the needs
of children and their parents during the night;
b. In consultation with parents, attention
must be given by the staff member responsible for caring for or teaching
children to provide for a transition into this type of care appropriate to the
child's needs;
c. The operator
shall encourage parents to leave their children in care or pick them up before
and after their normal sleeping period when practical, to ensure minimal
disturbance of the child during sleep, with consideration given to the parent's
work schedule;
d. The operator
shall ensure that comfortable beds and cots, complete with a mattress or pad,
are available;
e. The school-age
child care program shall require each child in night care to have night
clothing and a toothbrush marked for identification; and
f. The operator shall ensure that during
sleeping hours, staff members responsible for caring for or teaching children
are awake and within hearing range to provide for the needs of children and to
respond to an emergency.
2. Drop-in school-age child care.
a. If a school-age child care
program serves drop-in children, it shall be sufficiently staffed to
effectively handle admission records and explain the policies and procedures of
the program and to maintain the proper staff member to child ratio.
b. The operator shall ensure that the program
reflects the individual needs of the children who are provided drop-in
care.
c. The operator shall ensure
that admission records comply with all enrollment requirements contained in
section 75-03-11.1-22.
d. The operator shall ensure that admittance
procedures provide for a period of individual attention for the child to
acquaint the child with the school-age child care program, its equipment, and
the staff members.
e. A school-age
child care program may not receive drop-in care or part-time children who, when
added to the children in regular attendance, cause the school-age child care
program to exceed the total number of children for which the school-age child
care program is licensed.
3. Drop-in school-age child care programs. An operator shall ensure that a school-age child care program serving only drop-in care children complies with this chapter, but is exempt from the following provisions:
a. Subsections
12, 14, and 15 of section
75-03-11.1-20; subdivision f of
subsection 2 of section
75-03-11.1-22; and subsection 1 of
section 75-03-11.1-25; and
b. A school-age child care program serving
only drop-in children is exempt from the outdoor space requirements.
General Authority: NDCC 50-11.1-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 50-11.1-01, 50-11.1-04, 50-11.1-08
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