105 CMR, § 430.100 - Camp Counselor and Junior Counselor Requirements

(A) Each counselor in a recreational camp for children shall:
(1) have at least four weeks experience as a junior counselor, have participated in structured group camping, or have at least four weeks experience in a supervisory role with children; and
(2) have satisfactorily completed a camp counselor orientation and training program as specified in 105 CMR 430.091 prior to the arrival of campers.
(B) Each junior counselor in a recreational camp for children shall have satisfactorily completed a junior counselor orientation program prior to the arrival of campers.
(C) The age of counselors shall be as follows:
(1) in residential, primitive, sports, travel, trip and medical specialty camps:
(a) counselors shall be 18 years of age or older or have graduated from high school;
(b) junior counselors shall be 16 years of age or older;
(2) in a day camp
(a) counselors shall be 16 years of age or older;
(b) junior counselors shall be 15 years of age or older.
(3) All counselors and junior counselors shall be at least three years older than the campers whom they supervise.

Notes

105 CMR, § 430.100
Amended by Mass Register Issue 1361, eff. 3/23/2018. Amended by Mass Register Issue 1516, eff. 3/1/2024.

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