Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-586 - Outdoor summer camps and mobile summer programs
(a)
(b) Outdoor summer camps.
(1) Premises.
(A) Each outdoor summer camp shall be held in
a city or county park or park-like setting that has at least 75 square feet of
available space for each child or youth for the program of activities. Each
operator shall use the premises according to its intended purpose, with strict
regard for the health, safety, and well-being of each child or youth who
attends the outdoor summer camp. No child or youth shall be exposed to
environmental hazards, including asbestos, lead paint, and pesticides.
(B) If a lake, pond, river, or
other large body of water is located within 100 yards of the premises, each
operator shall ensure that the water hazard is physically separated from the
activity area to prevent access by each child or youth, or shall submit to the
secretary a plan for protecting each child and youth from unsupervised access.
The plan, which shall be approved by the secretary before the premises are used
for an outdoor summer camp, shall include the following:
(i) A description of any natural barriers
separating the activity area from the water;
(ii) the approximate distance from the
activity area to the water; and
(iii) a plan for increased supervision.
(C) Each outdoor summer
camp shall have access to the following:
(i)
A shelter or permanent building for protection from inclement weather and for
dining purposes, as needed, that is large enough to accommodate the number of
children and youth in attendance and for each child and youth to be comfortably
sheltered without being crowded; and
(ii) rest room and hand-washing facilities as
specified in K.A.R. 28-4-585.
(D) Rest room facilities shall be located in
visual proximity to each program activity area.
(E) Each shelter structure shall be in sound
condition and good repair and shall be free from accumulated dirt and trash.
(F) If a building is used, the
operator shall ensure that the building meets the requirements specified in
K.A.R. 28-4-585. A shelter house that has a roof and is enclosed by walls on
all sides shall be considered a building and shall be included in determining
the license capacity based on 35 square feet of available space for each child
or youth.
(G) Each outdoor summer
camp shall have facilities for sanitary dish washing available as specified in
K.A.R. 28-4-591. If hot water is not available to the sink or if the
dish-washing facilities do not meet the requirements specified in K.A.R.
28-4-591, each operator shall obtain approval from the secretary's designee for
the use of alternate methods for sanitary dish washing.
(H) Each operator of an outdoor summer camp
shall conduct a daily safety assessment of the premises to ensure that the
premises are maintained to protect the health, safety, and well-being of each
child and youth.
(2)
Policies. Each operator of an outdoor summer camp shall develop and implement
policies for the following:
(A) The
protection and shelter of children and youth in case of inclement weather; and
(B) the use and maintenance of the
shelter and rest room facilities, including policies for use and maintenance if
the shelter and rest room facilities are owned and operated by another entity.
(c) Mobile summer programs.
(1) Each license for a mobile summer program
shall be issued for the address of the designated drop-off and pick-up site.
Each operator shall submit a new application for each change of location in the
drop-off and pick-up site, and for any change in the license capacity.
(2) Each drop-off and pick-up site
shall contain a shelter or a permanent building that provides adequate
protection from inclement weather for each child or youth.
(3) Each operator shall ensure that no child
or youth waits at the drop-off or pick-up site for more than one hour at the
beginning of the program day or for more than one and one-half hours at the end
of the program day.
(4) Each
operator shall ensure that children or youth do not board the transporting
vehicle until immediately before it is time to leave.
(5) Each operator of a mobile summer program
shall ensure that the program has exclusive use of the licensed area during the
entire time that children or youth involved in the program are present.
(d) Staff
records. Any operator of an outdoor summer camp or a mobile summer program may
keep the staff records specified in K.A.R. 28-4-582 at a designated central
office location. Each operator shall make these records available to the
secretary or the secretary's designee upon request. Each operator shall keep
health records and contact information for emergency notification immediately
available in case of emergency.
(e) Children and youth records. Any operator
may keep children and youth records as specified in K.A.R. 28-4-582 on file at
a designated central office location. Each operator shall make these records
available to the secretary or the secretary's designee upon request. Each
operator shall ensure that the following records for each child or youth are
immediately available in case of emergency:
(1) Health history;
(2) authorization for emergency medical care;
and
(3) emergency contact
information.
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