Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 65C-25.001 - Definitions
(1) "Child Care for
Mildly Ill Children" - means the care of children with short term illness or
symptoms of illness or disability, provided either as an exclusive service in a
center specialized for this purpose, or as a component of other child care
services offered in a distinct part of a regularly licensed child care
facility, for a period of less than 24 hours per day.
(2) "Specialized Child Care Facilities for
the Care of Mildly Ill Children" - means a child care facility that provides
child care for more than five mildly ill children unrelated to the operator,
and receives a payment, fee, or grant for any of the children receiving care.
Specialized child care facilities may provide care for mildly ill children in a
facility specialized for this purpose or as a component of other child care
services offered in a distinct and separate part of a regularly licensed child
care facility.
(3) "Contagious
disease" means an infectious disease caused by receiving living germs directly
from the person afflicted with the disease, or by contact with a secretion of
the afflicted person, or by some object handled or used by an afflicted
person.
(4) "Health Provider
Consultant" means a Florida licensed pediatric physician; a Florida licensed
family practitioner; a physician's assistant; an advanced registered nurse
practitioner (ARNP) with pediatric experience; or a registered nurse with
experience in pediatric nursing, who supervises or provides direction to the
licensed health caregiver, and is available for consultation.
(5) "Immediate" means occuring, acting, or
accomplished without loss or interval of time.
(6) "Isolation area" - means a room or a
series of rooms within the child care facility for mildly ill children that
provides separate airflow, and physical separation, from the rest of the
facility. The isolation area must include a separate toilet, handwashing
facility and diaper changing area. This area shall be utilized when caring for
children with contagious diseases.
(7) "Licensed Health Caregiver" means, at a
minimum, a licensed practical nurse who has knowledge and experience in the
routine medical needs of mildly ill children, is trained to perform the written
physical assessment, and is under the direction of a health provider
consultant.
(8) "Mildly Ill
children" - means children exhibiting illnesses or symptoms of illnesses which
have caused or would cause them to be excluded from regular child care
settings, as defined in the Child Care Facility Handbook, Section 6.1.D.,
incorporated by reference in Rule
65C-22.001, F.A.C., and who need
special attention and supervision, and meet the admission criteria for mildly
ill programs as described in Rule
65C-25.002, F.A.C., of this
rule.
(9) "Sanitize" as it refers
to linen, means adding one quarter cup of bleach per gallon of water to the
final rinse cycle of the wash, in an effort to eliminate children's exposure to
disease microorganisms.
(10)
"Single-service articles" - means any cups, containers, closures, plates,
straws, place mats, napkins, doilies, spoons, stirrers, paddles, knives, forks,
wrapping materials and all similar materials which are constructed wholly or in
part from paper, paperboard, molded pulp, foil, wood, plastic, synthetic or any
other readily destructible material, and are intended by the manufacturer to be
for one-time, one-person use, and then to be discarded.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 402.305 FS. Law Implemented 402.305 FS.
New 5-21-00, Amended 7-13-03, 11-26-19.
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