Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R430 - Residential Child Care Licensing
Rule R430-90 - Licensed Family Child Care
Section R430-90-19 - Play Equipment

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 430-90-19

Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024

(1) The provider shall ensure that children using play equipment use it safely and as intended by the manufacturer.

(2) The provider shall ensure that, when in use, stationary play equipment is not placed on a hard surface including concrete, asphalt, dirt, or the bare floor.

(3) Except for trampolines, the provider shall ensure that stationary play equipment with a designated play surface that is 18 inches high or higher:

(a) has a surrounding three-foot use zone, free of hard objects or surfaces, that extends from the outermost edge of the equipment;

(b) has cushioning that covers the entire required use zone; and

(c) is stable or securely anchored.

(4) The department may consider a trampoline on the premises to be inaccessible to children in care if the trampoline:

(a) is enclosed behind a locked fence or safety net that is at least three feet high;

(b) has no jumping mat; or

(c) is placed upside down.

(5) The provider shall ensure that each accessible trampoline without a safety net enclosure has at least a six-foot use zone that is measured from the outermost edge of the trampoline frame, and that is free from any structure or object including play equipment, trees, and fences.

(6) The provider shall ensure that each accessible trampoline with a properly installed, used as specified by the manufacturer, and in good repair safety net enclosure has at least a three-foot use zone that is measured from the outermost edge of the trampoline frame, and that is free from any structure or object including play equipment, trees, and fences.

(7) The provider shall ensure that each accessible trampoline with or without a safety net enclosure is placed over:

(a) grass;

(b) a six-inch deep cushioning; or

(c) other commercial cushioning.

(8) The provider shall ensure that cushioning for each accessible trampoline covers the entire required use zone.

(9) The provider shall ensure that each accessible trampoline has:

(a) no ladders or other objects within the use zone a child could use to climb on the trampoline; and

(b) shock absorbing pads that completely cover the trampoline springs, hooks, and frame.

(10) The provider shall receive written permission from a child's parent or legal guardian before that child uses the trampoline.

(11) The provider shall ensure that if a child uses an accessible trampoline:

(a) a caregiver is at the trampoline supervising;

(b) only one person at a time uses the trampoline;

(c) no child in care is allowed to do somersaults or flips on the trampoline;

(d) no one is allowed to be under the trampoline while the trampoline is in use; and

(e) only school-age children in care are allowed to use a trampoline.

(12) The provider shall ensure that there are no entrapment hazards on or within the use zone of any piece of stationary play equipment.

(13) The provider shall ensure that there are no strangulation hazards on or within the use zone of any piece of stationary play equipment.

(14) The provider shall ensure that there are no crush, shearing, or sharp edge hazards on or within the use zone of any piece of stationary play equipment.

(15) The provider shall ensure that there are no tripping hazards including concrete footings, tree stumps, tree roots, or rocks within the use zone of any piece of stationary play equipment.

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