Ohio Administrative Code
Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services
Chapter 5101:2-13 - Licensing Family Care Homes
Section 5101:2-13-14 - Transportation and field trip safety for a licensed family child care provider
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 5101:2-13-14
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) What shall be available on all trips, including routine walking trips?
The licensed family child care provider shall:
(1) Have written and signed permission from
the parent before transporting or escorting a child away from the home for
field trips and routine trips as detailed in appendix A to this rule. The
permission slips shall be kept on file at the home for one year
from the date of the trip.
(2) Attach to each child on a routine or
field trip, except children being transported only to and from school or only
to and from home, identification containing the family child care provider's
name, address, and a telephone number to contact in the event the child becomes
lost.
(3) Have a completed copy of
the JFS 01234 "Child Enrollment and Health Information for Child Care"
for each child on the trip,
except routine walks.
(4) Have
first aid supplies as required by rule
5101:2-13-16 of the
Administrative Code.
(5) Have the
completed JFS 01236 "Child Medical/Physical Care Plan for Child Care"
for any child who has a
health condition which could require medication,
special procedures or precautions during the course of the trip. The family
child care provider, child care staff member or substitute
child care staff member shall also take supplies
needed to provide such treatment and medications that
may need to be administered during the trip.
(6) Have a working cellular phone or other
means of immediate communication. Cellular phones shall not be used by a driver
while the vehicle is in motion.
(7)
Ensure that if the vehicle used to transport children is manufactured with seat
belts, they shall be utilized by adults and children, no more than one person
may be strapped in each seat belt. Children or adults shall not be permitted to
stand in a moving vehicle, sit on the floor or ride in a vehicle where all
seats are not securely anchored.
(B) What are the ratio and supervision requirements for trips, including routine walking trips?
(1) The staff/child ratio and group size
requirements of rule
5101:2-13-18 of the
Administrative Code shall be met on field trips and routine trips. Children
shall be assigned to the provider or specific child care staff members for all
field trips.
(2) Parents, guardians
or adults authorized by the provider may be drivers on field trips provided
that staff/child ratio requirements are met at the destination.
(3) The vehicle shall
be checked at completion of each trip to ensure that no child has been left on
the vehicle.
(C) What are the driver requirements for employees and child care staff members of the family child care home?
(1)
The employee or
child care staff member driver shall:
(a) Be at least
eighteen years old.
(b) Hold a currently
valid driver's license required for the type of vehicle driven in accordance
with Ohio law.
(i) A copy of each
driver's current driver's license shall be kept on file at the home.
(ii)
The family child care provider is responsible for assuring that the copy of the
driver's license on file is kept current.
(c) Be free from the
influence of any substance which could impair driving abilities.
(d)
Ensure that
all passengers, which includes the driver, adhere to the state of Ohio's
child restraint law found in section
4511.81 of the Revised Code when
transporting children in care.
(e) Not allow children
under twelve years of age to ride in the front seat of any vehicle.
(f)
Complete the Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS)
child care transportation training in the Ohio
professional registry (OPR).
(i) A trained child
care staff member is not required in the vehicle on field trips when parents
are providing the transportation.
(ii) A trained child
care staff member is not required when public transportation is being utilized
or the school district is providing transportation to or from the provider's
home.
(2) Only a child care
staff member or employee who is used in accordance with the
requirements in rule
5101:2-13-08 of the
Administrative Code may transport children without the provider present, except
parents may transport children for field trips.
(3)
The requirements
outlined in paragraph (C) of this rule do not apply to public transportation
drivers or companies contracted by the family child care provider who are not
employees or child care staff members.
(D) What are the vehicle requirements for a licensed family child care home?
(1) Any
vehicle operated by the family child care home provider, child care staff
member, or substitute child care staff member to
transport children for routine trips or field trips shall be mechanically safe
at all times.
(2) Requirements for
type A home vehicles used for transportation of children are listed in appendix
B to this rule.
(3) Requirements
for type B home vehicles used for transportation of children are listed in
appendix C to this rule.
(E) When shall vehicles used for transporting children be inspected?
(1) The licensed family
child care provider shall maintain documentation that staff have performed
weekly inspections followed by any necessary repairs or other appropriate
actions, for the following items:
(a) A visual
inspection of the vehicle's tires for wear and adequate pressure.
(b) A visual inspection for working
headlights and taillights, signals, mirrors, wiper blades and dash
gauges.
(c) An inspection for
properly functioning child and driver restraints.
(d) An inspection for properly functioning
doors and windows.
(e) An
inspection for, and cleaning of, debris from the vehicle's interior.
(F) Parents, who are not employed by the family child care provider, who use their vehicles for transportation for field trips shall not have to meet the requirements of paragraph (E) of this rule.
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