Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-5-7447 - Sleeping Arrangements

A licensee shall comply with the sleeping arrangement provisions in this Section.

1. A child age 6 or older shall not share a bedroom with a child of the opposite gender.

2. A child shall not share a bedroom with an adult unless one of the conditions listed in this subsection is met.

a. The child is younger than age 3.

b. The child's service plan contains specific reasons and authorization from the placing agency or person for a shared bedroom.

c. The child has a temporary need for special adult care during sleeping hours and the need is documented in the child's service plan.

d. The child has regularly shared a bedroom with another child in the licensee's care; the other child has reached age 18; and the placing agency and licensee agree that continuing the shared arrangement is in the best interests of both the child and the adult.

e. The child is sharing a room with his or her parent.

f. The sleeping area at the facility is a barracks that has been approved as described in R6-5-7461(B) and R6-5-7462(B), and a paid staff member sleeps in the same room to supervise the children in care.

3. Only children age 8 or older may sleep on the upper bed of a bunk bed.

4. If a child has a documented record of behavior that poses a risk to other children in care, the licensee, in consultation with the placing agency or person, shall develop special sleeping arrangements for that child, to minimize the risk of harm to other children. The licensee shall document the arrangements in the child's service plan.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-5-7447

Adopted effective July 1, 1997; filed with the Secretary of State's Office May 15, 1997 (Supp. 97-2). Amended by emergency rulemaking at 12 A.A.R. 2233, effective June 1, 2006 for 180 days (Supp. 06-2). Emergency renewed at 12 A.A.R. 4732, effective November 28, 2006 for 180 days (Supp. 06-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 13 A.A.R. 2049, effective May 21, 2007 (Supp. 07-2).