7 AAC 57.220 - Child care facility operation and management
(a) A child care
facility with one or more employees shall provide personnel policies to those
employees when they start employment at the facility. The personnel policies
must include, as applicable,
(1) personnel
qualifications;
(2) the job
description applicable to each employee; and
(3) procedures for annual
evaluation.
(b) The
governing body or owner of a child care facility shall, either directly or by
delegation to the administrator,
(1) provide
for screening, scheduling, and supervising of employees and others who provide
services in the facility;
(2) in a
child care center, schedule work hours so that an administrator, designated
onsite adult caregiver, or the administrator's designee is on-site and
available to staff, parents, and children while children are present at the
facility;
(3) ensure that each
individual associated with the facility in a manner described in
7
AAC 10.900(b) has a valid criminal
history check under
7
AAC 10.910(h) before employment or
other service unless the department has granted a provisional valid criminal
history check under
7
AAC 10.920 or a variance under
7
AAC 10.935;
(4) remove an employee or other caregiver
from contact with children when the administrator has reason to believe that
the employee or other caregiver
(A) has
abused a child or furnished a child with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, or a
controlled substance; or
(5) ensure that the ability of an employee or
other caregiver to perform assigned duties is not impaired by alcohol,
marijuana, or a controlled substance while that person is in contact with
children or is performing other job responsibilities.
(c) Subject to the applicable provisions of
7
AAC 10.900 -
7
AAC 10.990, if the department directs a child care
facility to take action under (b)(4) of this section, the department will
inform the individual of the grounds for removal and provide the individual
with an opportunity to bring to the department's attention any facts the
individual believes are pertinent. The department will excuse or delay
notification to the individual if the department determines that notification
may put children at risk of harm. The department will not provide the
individual with any information that is confidential under law or that may put
children at risk of harm. If termination of association is required under
7
AAC 10.900 -
7
AAC 10.990, the provisions of
7
AAC 10.960 apply.
(d) A child care facility shall adopt and
compile facility policies, procedures, program descriptions, and forms, as
applicable, into a policies and procedures manual. The child care facility
shall make the manual available to employees and other individuals associated
with the facility in a manner described in
7
AAC 10.900(b), and to the department
upon request.
(e) A child care
facility's practices, and the practices of the facility's employees or other
individuals associated with the facility in a manner described in
7
AAC 10.900(b), must conform to
applicable statutes,
7
AAC 10.1000 -
7
AAC 10.1095, this chapter, and the facility's policies
and procedures manual.
(f) In this
section, "controlled substance" means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor
included in the schedules set out in
AS
11.71.140-11.71.190.
Notes
Authority: AS 44.29.020
AS 47.05.310
AS 47.05.320
AS 47.05.330
AS 47.05.340
AS 47.32.010
AS 47.32.030
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