Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-127 - Telephone; emergency medical treatment; reporting requirements
Each applicant with a tempo- rary permit and each licensee shall ensure that the requirements of this regulation are met.
(a) Telephone. A working telephone shall be
on the premises and available for use at all times. Emergency telephone numbers
shall be readily accessible or be posted next to the telephone for the police,
fire department, ambulance, hospital or hospitals, and poison control
center.
(b) Emergency medical
treatment.
(1) The following documentation
shall be on file at the facility, residential center, or group boarding home
for each child:
(A) Written permission of the
parent or legal guardian for emergency medical treatment on a form that meets
the requirements of the hospital or clinic where emergency medical care will be
given; and
(B) the name and
telephone number of a physician and hospital preference.
(2) Residential centers and group boarding
homes providing emergency care shall be exempt from
K.A.R.
28-4-127(b)(l)(A).
(3) Provisions shall be made at a hospital or
medical clinic for emergency treatment for children in care.
(4) The medical record and emergency medical
treatment form shall be taken to the hospital or medical clinic with any child
needing emergency medical treatment.
(5) When a staff member accompanies a child
to emergency medical treatment, that individual shall remain with the child
until the child's parent or legal guardian assumes responsibility for the
child. The individual's absence shall not compromise the supervision of the
other children in the facility.
(c) Reporting illnesses, injuries, and
deaths.
(1) Residential centers and group
boarding homes. Each applicant with a temporary permit and each licensee for
each residential center or group boarding home shall:
(A) Have on file at the residential center or
group boarding home written policies on reporting of illnesses and injuries of
adults and children. The policies shall be approved by the Kansas department
for children and families.
(B)
Report any injury or illness which results in the death of a child in care to
the Kansas department for children and families by the next working
day.
(2) Facilities.
Each applicant with a temporary permit and each licensee for each facility
shall:
(A) Report by the end of the same day
to the parent or legal guardian of each injury of a child which requires any
first aid provided by an individual caring for children.
(B) Immediately notify the parent or legal
guardian if a child becomes ill while attending the program.
(C) Report if an applicant with a temporary
permit, a licensee, a staff member, or a child in care contracts an infectious
or contagious disease listed in
K.A.R.
28-1-2. The report shall be made by the next
working day to the secretary's designee who serves the county in which the
facility is located.
(D) Fully
cooperate with any investigation, disease control, or surveillance procedures
initiated by the local health department or the department.
Notes
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