Or. Admin. Code § 414-210-0600 - [Effective 7/1/2025] General Requirements for the Care of Infants and Toddlers

(1) For infants and younger toddlers, a provider must obtain the following information (also see OAR 414-210-0220, Children's Records):

(a) Schedule of feeding;

(b) Types of food introduced and timetable for new foods;

(c) Sleep schedule; and

(d) Child's way of communicating and being comforted.

(2) A provider must be responsive to each infant and toddler's individual, physical, and developmental needs.

(3) A provider must allow infants and young toddlers:

(a) To form and follow their own pattern of sleeping and waking periods;

(b) Opportunities throughout the day to move freely in a safe, clean, open, and uncluttered area; and

(c) Opportunities to interact and be near one another.

(4) A provider must not leave an awake child in a play yard, for the purposes of playing, for more than 30 minutes in any 2 hour period.

(5) Restrictive infant equipment, including, but not limited to, bouncers, exersaucers, swings, infant seats, high and low chairs or structured infant carriers may be used for no more than 30 minutes in any 2 hour period.

(a) Children who are actively engaged in eating, outdoor walks, or car rides can exceed the 30 minute limit for restrictive infant equipment used in these activities.

(b) Car seats may not be used except for transportation purposes.

(6) Throughout the day, a provider must engage each infant and toddler in frequent, multiple, and social interactions by providing physical contact and individual attention (e.g., being held, rocked, talked to, sung to, and taken on walks inside and outside the home).

(7) A provider must encourage the development of self-help skills (dressing, toileting, washing, eating) as children show interest.

(8) All caregivers must take appropriate precautions to prevent shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 414-210-0600

DELC 140-2024, adopt filed 12/11/2024, effective 7/1/2025

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 329A.260

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 329A.330