Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) The provider or the provider designee
shall be present at the home when a child is in care.
(2) The provider shall ensure that, before
being left alone with the children, the provider designee:
(a) completes the department's new provider
training; and
(b) has current first
aid and pediatric CPR certifications.
(3) The provider shall ensure that any
covered individual caring for the children is supervised, qualified, and
trained to:
(a) meet the needs of the
children as required by this rule; and
(b) be in compliance with licensing
requirements under Rule R430-90.
(4) The provider shall ensure that
caregivers:
(a) are at least 16 years
old;
(b) are considered eligible by
a CCL background check before becoming involved with child care;
(c) complete the 2-1/2 hour preservice
training offered by the department before caring for children;
(d) know and follow any applicable laws and
requirements under Rule R430-90;
(e) are introduced to other staff and to the
caregiver's assigned group of children;
(f) review the information in each child's
health assessment in the caregiver's assigned group, including allergies, food
sensitivities, and other individual needs; and
(g) complete at least 20 hours of child care
training each year, based on the facility's license date, or at least 1-1/2
hours of child care training each month they work if hired partway through the
facility's licensing year.
(5) The provider shall ensure that any other
staff including drivers, cooks, and clerks:
(a) are considered eligible by a CCL
background check before becoming involved with child care;
(b) complete the 2-1/2 hour preservice
training offered by the department before beginning job duties; and
(c) know and follow any applicable laws and
requirements under Rule R430-90.
(6) The provider shall ensure that volunteers
are considered eligible by a CCL background check before becoming involved with
child care.
(7) The provider shall
submit a background check as required in Section
R430-90-8 for each guest who is
12 years old and older and stays in the home for more than two weeks.
(8) The provider shall ensure that household
members who are:
(a) 12 to 17 years old are
considered eligible by a CCL background check; and
(b) 18 years old or older are considered
eligible by a CCL background check that includes
fingerprints.
(9) The
provider shall ensure that individuals who provide Individualized Educational
Plan or Individualized Family Service plan (IFSP) services including physical,
occupational, or speech therapists:
(a)
provide proper identification before having access to the facility or to a
child at the facility; and
(b) have
received the child's parent's permission for services to take place at the
facility.
(10) The
provider shall ensure that individuals from law enforcement, Child Protective
Services, the department, and any similar entities provide proper
identification before having access to the facility or to a child at the
facility.
(11) The provider shall
ensure that each covered individual required to complete preservice training
receives the 2-1/2 hour preservice training offered by the department which
includes at least the following topics:
(a)
applicable laws and requirements under Rule R430-90;
(b) children with special needs;
(c) recognizing the signs of homelessness and
available assistance;
(d) building
and physical premises safety;
(e)
prevention, signs, and symptoms of child abuse and neglect, including child
sexual abuse, and legal reporting requirements;
(f) pediatric first aid and CPR;
(g) emergency preparedness, response, and
recovery plan;
(h) prevention of
and response to emergencies due to food and allergy reactions;
(i) safe handling and disposal of hazardous
materials and biocontaminants;
(j)
prevention and control of infectious diseases including
immunizations;
(k) administration
of medication;
(l) child and brain
development, including the social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language
principles of child growth;
(m)
precautions in transporting children;
(n) prevention of shaken baby syndrome,
abusive head trauma, child maltreatment, and coping with crying babies;
and
(o) prevention of sudden infant
death syndrome and the use of safe sleeping practices.
(12) The provider shall ensure that annual
child care training includes at least the following topics:
(a) current department rule Sections
R430-90-7 through
R430-90-24;
(b) children with special needs;
(c) recognizing the signs of homelessness and
available assistance;
(d) building
and physical premises safety;
(e)
prevention, signs, and symptoms of child abuse and neglect, including child
sexual abuse, and legal reporting requirements;
(f) pediatric first aid and CPR;
(g) emergency preparedness, response, and
recovery plan;
(h) prevention of
and response to emergencies due to food and allergy reactions;
(i) safe handling and disposal of hazardous
materials and biocontaminants;
(j)
prevention and control of infectious diseases including
immunizations;
(k) administration
of medication;
(l) child and brain
development, including the social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language
principles of child growth;
(m)
precautions in transporting children;
(n) prevention of shaken baby syndrome,
abusive head trauma, child maltreatment, and coping with crying babies;
and
(o) prevention of sudden infant
death syndrome and the use of safe sleeping practices.
(13) The provider shall ensure that at least
half of the required annual training is interactive.
(14) The provider shall ensure that
documentation of each individual's annual child care training is on-site for
review by the department and includes the following:
(a) training topic;
(b) date of the training;
(c) name of the individual or organization
that presented the training;
(d)
whether the training was interactive or not; and
(e) total hours or minutes of
training.
(15) The
provider shall ensure that at least one covered individual with a current Red
Cross, American Heart Association, or equivalent pediatric first aid and CPR
certification is present when children are in care:
(a) at the facility;
(b) in each vehicle transporting children;
and
(c) at each offsite
activity.
(16) The
provider shall ensure that CPR certification includes hands-on
testing.
(17) The provider shall
ensure that the following records for each caregiver and volunteer are on-site
for review by the department:
(a) the date of
initial employment or association with the program;
(b) a current pediatric first aid and CPR
certification, if required in this rule; and
(c) a six-week record of the times worked
each day.
