Ohio Administrative Code
Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services
Chapter 5101:2-12 - Licensing of Child Care Centers
Section 5101:2-12-21 - Evening and overnight care for a licensed child care center
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 5101:2-12-21
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) When is a licensed child care center considered to be providing evening and overnight care?
Evening or overnight care is provided when children are in attendance anytime between the hours of seven p.m. and six a.m.
(B) What is required when evening and overnight care is provided?
If a licensed child care center has evening or overnight care, the following are required:
(1) Child
care staff members shall remain awake at all times.
(2) The center shall provide adequate
lighting indoors in all areas, including bathrooms, hallways, and sleeping
rooms to ensure that child care staff members are able to see all children at
all times.
(3) The center shall
ensure that parking areas, outdoor walkways, and all building entrances be
adequately lighted for safety and security.
(4) The center shall
develop and follow bedtime routines in
consultation with the parents of the children.
(5) The center shall
provide a written security plan that ensures that access to the center is
limited to parents and guardians of children in care and authorized persons.
(6) The center shall
provide sleeping arrangements so that sleeping children are cared for
separately from children who are awake, and so that sleeping children are not
disturbed by arrivals and departures.
(7) The center shall
ensure areas where children sleep during evening and overnight care are on the
building's ground floor unless another floor has been approved for the care of
sleeping children by the local fire official having jurisdiction.
(C) What sanitary environment and additional hygiene stipulations shall be followed by the center?
The center shall:
(1)
Ensure that each child who sleeps at the center for four or more hours has
clean comfortable sleeping clothes.
(2) Ensure that child care staff members
assist children during washing and changing clothes according to children's
developmental needs.
(3) Separate
school-age boys from school-age girls during washing and while changing clothes
to ensure privacy.
(4)
If the child has a bedtime routine occurring at the
program, ensure that each child
has a clean, individual washcloth, towel and toothbrush, as appropriate for the
age of the child, and labeled with the child's
name .
(5) Provide children
access to running water, liquid soap and toothpaste.
(6) Ensure bathtubs and
showers are equipped to prevent slipping, if the center provides bathing. The
center shall also have written permission from the parent prior to allowing the
child to bathe.
(7) Ensure bathtubs and
showers are cleaned and sanitized after each use. The tub or showers do not
have to be sanitized between uses if the children are siblings and the parent
has provided written consent. All children shall bathe separately unless the
children are siblings and the parent has provided written consent that the
children can be bathed together.
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