West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 78 - Human Services
Title 78 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES BUREAU FOR SOCIAL SERVICES
Series 78-01 - Child Care Center Licensing Requirements
Section 78-1-17 - Sanitation
Universal Citation: 78 WV Code of State Rules 78-1-17
Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 38, September 20, 2024
17.1. Personal Hygiene. All individuals on the center premises or participating in center activities shall practice good personal hygiene, including:
17.1.a. Hand Washing.
17.1.a.1. Staff members shall wash their
hands before starting work; and
17.1.a.2. Staff members and children shall
wash their hands with soap and warm, running water for at least 20 seconds:
17.1.a.2.A. When hands are contaminated with
body fluids;
17.1.a.2.B. Before
preparing, handling, or serving food, or setting the table;
17.1.a.2.C. After toileting, handling
diapers, or assisting a child with toilet use;
17.1.a.2.D. Before and after eating meals or
snacks;
17.1.a.2.E. After handling
pets or other animals;
17.1.a.2.F.
Before giving medication;
17.1.a.2.G. After playing outdoors;
17.1.a.2.H. After handling garbage;
and
17.1.a.2.I. After removing
gloves used for any purpose.
17.1.b. Universal Precautions. With the
exception of breast milk, staff members shall adopt universal precautions when
exposed to blood and body fluids that might contain blood; and
17.1.c. Diapering and Toileting. A center
shall ensure that diapering and toilet training follow the guidelines in
Appendix 78-1-D of this rule.
17.1.c.1. Toilet
Training.
17.1.c.1.A. A center shall discuss
with the parent and document in the child's record the toilet-training methods
to be used with the child being trained.
17.1.c.1.B. Staff members shall not use any
form of punishment in connection with toilet training.
17.1.c.1.C. Staff members shall not force a
child to sit on a potty or training chair.
17.1.c.2. Toilet Equipment and Fixtures.
17.1.c.2.A. A center shall disinfect the
potty or training chairs after each use; and
17.1.c.2.B. A center shall provide toilet
fixtures that are sized so that the child can use them without assistance, and
provide step stools, or modified toilet seats that are safe and easily
disinfected.
17.2. Physical Facilities.
17.2.a. A center shall keep all areas of the
premises and all equipment clean and in a neat and orderly condition at all
times.
17.2.b. The center shall
ensure that floors, walls, and ceiling are of easily cleanable
material.
17.2.c. The center shall
ensure that the floor area immediately adjacent to the diaper changing table
has a moisture-resistant, non-absorbent surface extending three feet from the
base of the table on all sides, except when one side of the table is against a
wall.
17.2.d. The center shall have
a hand-washing sink located in the immediate area of the diaper-changing space.
Centers licensed prior to the effective date of this rule are not out of
compliance with this requirement if the existing diaper-changing space does not
include a hand-washing sink in the immediate area. Upon the effective date of
this rule, the Department shall not approve an additional diaper-changing space
without a sink in the immediate area.
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