Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-3-401 - General Program, Equipment, and Health and Safety Standards

A. In addition to complying with the requirements in this Chapter, a certificate holder shall ensure that the health, safety, or welfare of an enrolled child is not placed at risk of harm.

B. A certificate holder shall ensure that:

1. A staff member:

a. Supervises each enrolled child at all times,

b. Plays and communicates with an enrolled child throughout the day, and

c. Responds immediately to signs of distress from an enrolled child;

2. The areas of the child care group home approved for providing child care services are maintained free from hazards;

3. The toys, materials, and equipment for use by enrolled children:

a. Include, as appropriate to the ages of the enrolled children at the child care group home:

i. Arts supplies,

ii. Manipulatives to enhance small motor development,

iii. Indoor and outdoor equipment to enhance large motor development,

iv. Creative play materials,

v. Books, and

vi. Musical instruments;

b. Are sufficient in number and type to meet the needs of the enrolled children in attendance at the child care group home;

c. Are accessible to enrolled children; and

d. Are maintained free from hazards and in a condition that allows the toys, materials, and equipment to be used for their original purpose;

4. The activities at the child care group home are:

a. Structured to meet the age and developmental level of each enrolled child; and

b. Based upon a written weekly schedule that includes:

i. Routines, such as meals, snacks, and rest periods, that follow a familiar and consistent pattern;

ii. If weather and air quality permit, outdoor activities to enhance large muscle development;

iii. Stories, music, dancing, singing, and reading;

iv. Listening and talking opportunities; and

v. Creative activities such as water play, cutting and pasting, painting, coloring, dramatic play, and playing with blocks;

5. Clean clothing is available to an enrolled child; and

6. Drinking water is available to enrolled infants and one- or two-year-old children and is accessible to older enrolled children at all times.

C. A certificate holder shall ensure that a staff member:

1. Monitors an enrolled child for overheating or overexposure to the sun and, if an enrolled child exhibits signs of overheating or overexposure to the sun, notifies a staff member who has current training in first aid to evaluate the enrolled child;

2. When an enrolled child's clothing is wet or soiled:

a. Except for an enrolled child who can change the enrolled child's own clothing, changes the enrolled child's wet or soiled clothing;

b. If the clothing is soiled with feces, empties the feces into a flush toilet without rinsing the clothing;

c. Stores the enrolled child's wet or soiled clothing in a sealed plastic bag labeled with an identifier that is specific to the enrolled child; and

d. Sends the enrolled child's wet or soiled clothing home with the enrolled child or the enrolled child's parent;

3. Bathes an enrolled child at the child care group home only if the child care group home has received written permission from the enrolled child's parent;

4. Except as specified in subsection (C)(5), labels the personal items of an enrolled child with an identifier that is specific to the enrolled child and stores the personal items separately from the personal items of other enrolled children and residents;

5. Stores diapering products in a location that is inaccessible to enrolled children but accessible for diaper changing;

6. If a parent of an enrolled child permits or asks a staff member to apply sunscreen, diapering products, or other substances to the skin of an enrolled child, obtains:

a. The sunscreen, diapering products, or other substances from the enrolled child's parent; or

b. If the child care group home supplies the sunscreen, diapering products, or other substances, written permission from the enrolled child's parent for the application of the specific sunscreen, diapering products, or other substances. and

7. Allows an enrolled school-age child to possess and use a topical sunscreen product if the parent of the enrolled school-age child provides notice to the child care group home without having to have a note or prescription from a licensed health care professional.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-3-401

New Section made by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 1214, effective September 1, 2004 (Supp. 04-1). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 17 A.A.R. 1530, effective September 30, 2011 (Supp. 11-3). Amended by final expedited rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 1969, effective 9/2/2020.