(A) When is a
licensed child care center considered to be providing evening and overnight
care?
Evening or overnight care is provided when children are in
attendance anytime between the hours of seven p.m. and six a.m.
(B) What is required when evening
and overnight care is provided?
If a licensed child care center has evening or overnight care,
the following are required:
(1) Child
care staff members shall remain awake at all times,
and shall supervise sleeping children pursuant to rule 5101:2-12-19 of the
Administrative Code.
(2)
The center shall provide adequate lighting indoors in all areas, including
bathrooms, hallways, and sleeping rooms to ensure that child care staff members
are able to see all children at all times.
(3) The center shall ensure that parking
areas, outdoor walkways, and all building entrances be adequately lighted for
safety and security.
(4) The center shall ensure that
anyone on the premises during evening and overnight care hours shall be limited
to persons authorized by the administrator or owner and parents and guardians
of children in care.
(5) Each child in care during
evening and overnight hours shall be provided with an individual crib, cot, or
mat in accordance with rule 5101:2-12-20 of the Administrative
Code.
(6)(4) The center shall
develop and follow bedtime routines in
consultation with the parents of the children.
(7)(5) The center shall
provide a written security plan that ensures that access to the center is
limited to parents and guardians of children in care and authorized persons.
The center shall ensure that children are supervised
at all times during the limited access hours. The plan shall ensure the
supervision of the children.
(8)(6) The center shall
provide sleeping arrangements so that sleeping children are cared for
separately from children who are awake, and so that sleeping children are not
disturbed by arrivals and departures.
(9)(7) The center shall
ensure areas where children sleep during evening and overnight care are on the
building's ground floor unless another floor has been approved for the care of
sleeping children by the local fire official having jurisdiction.
(10) The provider shall have
activities before bedtime which allows for children's individual choices and
needs. Activities may include meals, play, homework, relaxation, personal
grooming, and outdoor play during daylight hours.
(C) What sanitary environment and
additional hygiene stipulations shall be followed by the center?
The center shall:
(1)
Ensure that each child who sleeps at the center for four or more hours has
clean comfortable sleeping clothes.
(2) Ensure that child care staff members
assist children during washing and changing clothes according to children's
developmental needs.
(3) Separate
school-age boys from school-age girls during washing and while changing clothes
to ensure privacy.
(4) Change bed linens weekly, when
soiled, and when assigned to a different child.
(5)(4)
If the child has a bedtime routine occurring at the
program, ensure thatEnsure each child
has a clean, individual washcloth, towel and toothbrush, as appropriate for the
age of the child, and labeled with the child's
name and stored in a sanitary
manner.
(6)(5) Provide children
access to running water, liquid soap and toothpaste.
(7)(6) Ensure bathtubs and
showers are equipped to prevent slipping, if the center provides bathing. The
center shall also have written permission from the parent prior to allowing the
child to bathe.
(8)(7) Ensure bathtubs and
showers are cleaned and sanitized after each use. The tub or showers do not
have to be sanitized between uses if the children are siblings and the parent
has provided written consent. All children shall bathe separately unless the
children are siblings and the parent has provided written consent that the
children can be bathed together.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code
5101:2-12-21
Effective:
10/29/2021
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
7/28/2021 and
10/29/2026
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 5104.015
Rule
Amplifies: 5104.015
Prior
Effective Dates: 04/01/2003, 01/01/2007, 12/01/2011,
12/31/2016
