Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R381 - Child Care Center Licensing Committee
Rule R381-100 - Child Care Centers
Section R381-100-18 - Activities

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 381-100-18

Current through Bulletin 2023-24, December 15, 2023

(1) The provider shall offer daily activities that support each child's healthy physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and language development.

(2) The provider shall ensure that daily activities include outdoor play as weather and air quality allow.

(3) The provider shall ensure that physical development activities include light, moderate, and vigorous physical activity for a daily total of at least 15 minutes for every two hours children spend in the program.

(4) For each preschool and school-age group, the provider shall post a daily schedule that includes:

(a) activities that support children's healthy development; and

(b) the times activities occur including at least meal, snack, nap or rest, and outdoor play times.

(5) The provider shall ensure that toys, materials, and equipment needed to support children's healthy development are available to the children.

(6) Except for occasional special events, the provider shall ensure that the children's primary screen time activity on media including television, cell phones, tablets, and computers is:

(a) not allowed for children zero to 17 months old;

(b) limited for children 18 months to four years old to one hour a day, or five hours a week with a maximum screen time of two hours per activity; and

(c) planned to address the needs of children five to 12 years old.

(7) If the provider offers swimming activities, or if wading pools are used, the provider shall ensure that:

(a) the parent gives permission before their child in care uses the pool;

(b) caregivers stay at the pool supervising when a child is in the pool or has access to the pool, and when an accessible pool has water in it;

(c) diapered children wear swim diapers when they are in the pool;

(d) wading pools are emptied and sanitized after use by each group of children;

(e) if the pool is over four feet deep, there is a lifeguard on duty who is certified by the Red Cross or other approved certification program any time children have access to the pool; and

(f) lifeguards and pool personnel do not count toward the caregiver-to-child ratio.

(8) If the provider offers offsite activities, the provider shall ensure that:

(a) the parent gives written consent before each activity;

(b) the required caregiver-to-child ratio and supervision are maintained during the entire activity;

(c) first aid supplies, including at least antiseptic, bandages, and tweezers are available;

(d) children wear or carry with them the name and phone number of the center;

(e) children's names are not used on nametags, t-shirts, or in other visible ways; and

(f) there is a way for caregivers and children to wash their hands with soap and water, or with wet wipes and hand sanitizer if there is no source of running water.

(9) The provider shall ensure that a caregiver with the children takes the written emergency information and releases for each child in the group on each offsite activity, and that the information includes at least:

(a) the child's name;

(b) the parent's name and phone number;

(c) the name and phone number of an individual to notify if an emergency happens and the parent cannot be contacted;

(d) the names of people authorized by the parents to pick up the child; and

(e) current emergency medical treatment and emergency medical transportation releases.

Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2015-10, effective 5/1/2015

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2016-4, effective 1/31/2016

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2018-1, effective 12/28/2017

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2018-16, effective 8/10/2018

Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-17, effective 9/1/2020

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-22, effective 11/9/2023

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