Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-189 - Transportation
Any day care referral agency that provides transportation as a part of the day care referral service shall meet the following requirements:
(a) When children are transported,
the driver shall be 18 years of age or older, and shall hold an operator's
license of a type appropriate for the vehicle being used.
(b) Each transporting vehicle shall be in
safe operating condition. The transporting vehicle shall have a yearly
mechanical safety check of tires, lights, windshield wipers, horn, signal
lights, steering, suspension, glass, brakes, and tail-lights. A record of the
date of the annual safety checks and corrections made shall be kept on file at
the facility or in the vehicle.
(c) Children shall not be transported in
campers, vehicle-drawn recreation vehicles or in the back of a truck.
(d) Each vehicle shall be covered
by accident and liability insurance as required by
K.S.A. 40-3104 and
40-3118 and any amendments
thereof.
(e) Emergency release
forms and health assessment records, as specified in K.A.R. 28-4-118(a) and
28-4-119(c), shall be carried in the vehicle when children are transported. A
first aid kit shall be available.
(f) The safety of the children riding in the
vehicle shall be protected as follows:
(1)
Each vehicle shall be equipped with an individual restraint for each child as
follows:
(A) An infant unable to sit up
without support shall be provided with an infant car carrier which faces the
rear.
(B) A child able to sit up
without support shall be provided with one of the following restraints:
(i) a shield-type device;
(ii) a car seat facing the front that is
designed to hold a child weighing up to 40 pounds; or
(iii) a safety harness.
(C) A child four years of age or older, or
weighing 40 pounds or more, shall have a lap belt. Shoulder straps shall be
used if they do not cross the child's neck or face.
(D) Not more than one child shall be
restrained in each lap belt.
(E)
School-type buses transporting school-age children shall not be required to be
equipped with individual restraints.
(2) All doors shall be locked while the
vehicle is in motion.
(3)
Discipline shall be maintained at all times.
(4) All parts of the child's body shall
remain inside the vehicle at all times.
(5) Children shall not enter or exit from the
vehicle into a lane of traffic.
(6) Children shall not be left in a vehicle
unattended by an adult. When the vehicle is vacated, the provider shall make
certain no child is left in the vehicle.
(7) Smoking in the vehicle shall be
prohibited while children are being transported.
Notes
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