Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R430 - Residential Child Care Licensing
Rule R430-90 - Licensed Family Child Care
Section R430-90-23 - Diapering

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 430-90-23

Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024

(1) This section applies only to a provider that accepts children who wear diapers.

(2) The provider shall ensure that each child's diaper is:

(a) checked at least once every two hours;

(b) promptly changed if wet or soiled; and

(c) checked as soon as a sleeping child awakens.

(3) The provider shall ensure that caregivers do not change children's diapers directly on the floor, in a food preparation or eating area, or on any surface used for another purpose.

(4) The provider shall ensure that the diapering surface is smooth, waterproof, and in good repair.

(5) The provider shall ensure that caregivers clean and sanitize the diapering surface after each diaper change, or use a disposable, waterproof diapering surface that is thrown away after each diaper change.

(6) The provider shall ensure that caregivers who change diapers wash their hands after each diaper change.

(7) The provider shall ensure that caregivers place wet and soiled disposable diapers:

(a) in a container that has a disposable plastic lining and a tight-fitting lid;

(b) directly in an outdoor garbage container that has a tight-fitting lid; or

(c) in a container that is inaccessible to children.

(8) Each day, the provider shall clean and sanitize indoor containers where wet and soiled diapers are placed.

(9) If cloth diapers are used, the provider shall:

(a) not rinse cloth diapers at the facility; and

(b) place cloth diapers directly into a leakproof container that is inaccessible to any child and labeled with the child's name, or place the cloth diapers in a leakproof diapering service container.

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