Utah Admin. Code R381-100-11 - Child Supervision and Security
(1) The provider shall ensure that each
caregiver provides and maintains active supervision of each child, including:
(a) for children younger than five years old,
remaining physically present in the room or area with the children;
and
(b) for school-age children, a
caregiver can hear the children and is close enough to intervene:
(c) focusing attention on the children and
not on caregiver's personal interests;
(d) interacting in-person with the children
at least every 15 minutes;
(e)
knowing the number of children in their care at any time;
(f) positioning themselves so each child in
their assigned group is actively supervised; and
(g) remaining aware of the entire group of
children even when interacting with a smaller group or an individual
child.
(2) The provider
shall ensure a 16 or 17 year old staff or household member may only have
unsupervised contact with a child in care, including during offsite activities
and transportation, if:
(a) the director or
the director designee is physically present and available as needed;
(b) the staff or household member is left
unsupervised for no more than two consecutive hours per group; and
(c) the staff or household member is not a
volunteer.
(3) The
provider may not assign a staff member, volunteer, or household member who is
younger than 16 years old to care for or supervise any child in care.
(4) The provider shall ensure that any guest
or student intern who is registered and participating in a high school or
college child care course does not have unsupervised contact with any child in
care, including during any offsite activity.
(5) The provider shall ensure that any parent
of a child in care does not have unsupervised contact with any child in care,
except with their own child.
(6)
The provider shall ensure that when video cameras or mirrors are used to
supervise napping children:
(a) the napping
room is adjacent to a non-napping room;
(b) the staff member moves children who wake
up to the non-napping room;
(c)
there is a camera or mirror positioned so the staff member can see and hear the
child;
(d) there is a staff member
in the non-napping room; and
(e)
there is an open door without a barrier, including a gate, between the napping
room and the non-napping room.
(7) The provider shall ensure that a blanket
or other item is not placed over sleeping equipment in a way that prevents the
caregiver from seeing the sleeping child.
(8) The provider shall ensure that a parent
has access to their child and the areas used to care for their child when their
child is in care.
(9) To maintain
security and supervision of children, the provider shall ensure that:
(a) any individual signing a child in and out
uses an identifier, including a signature, initials, or electronic
code;
(b) each child is signed in
and out in accordance with this section;
(c) only a child's parent or an individual
with written authorization from the parent may sign-out a child;
(d) photo identification is required if the
individual signing the child out is unknown to the provider;
(e) the sign-in and sign-out records include
the date and time each child arrives and leaves; and
(f) there is written permission from the
child's parent if children sign themselves in or out.
(10) In an emergency, the provider shall
accept the parent's verbal authorization to release a child if the provider can
confirm the identity of:
(a) the person giving
verbal authorization; and
(b) the
person picking up the child.
(11) The provider shall ensure that a
six-week record of each child's daily attendance, including sign-in and
sign-out records, is kept on-site for review by OL.
Notes
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(1) The provider shall ensure that caregivers provide and maintain active supervision of each child, including:
(a) for children younger than five years old, a caregiver is physically present in the room or area with the children;
(b) for school-age children, a caregiver can hear the children and is close enough to intervene;
(c) caregivers know the number of children in their care at any time;
(d) caregivers' attention is focused on the children and not on caregivers' personal interests;
(e) caregivers are aware of the entire group of children even when interacting with a smaller group or an individual child; and
(f) caregivers position themselves so each child in their assigned group is actively supervised.
(2) The provider shall ensure that staff and household members who are 16 or 17 years old only have unsupervised contact with any child in care, including during offsite activities and transportation when:
(a) they are left unsupervised for no more than two consecutive hours per group ;
(b) the director or the director designee is physically present and available as needed; and
(c) they are not volunteers.
(3) The provider shall not assign staff, volunteers, and household members who are younger than 16 years old to care for or supervise any child in care.
(4) The provider shall ensure that student interns who are registered and participating in a high school or college child care course and guests do not have unsupervised contact with any child in care, including during offsite activities and transportation.
(5) The provider shall ensure that parents of children in care do not have unsupervised contact with any child in care, except with their own children.
(6) The provider shall ensure that when video cameras or mirrors are used to supervise napping children:
(a) the napping room is adjacent to a non-napping room ;
(b) there is a staff member in the non-napping room ;
(c) cameras or mirrors are positioned so that the staff member can see and hear each child;
(d) there is an open door without a barrier , including a gate, between the napping room and the non-napping room ; and
(e) the staff member moves children who wake up to the non-napping room .
(7) The provider shall ensure that a blanket or other item is not placed over sleeping equipment in a way that prevents the caregiver from seeing the sleeping child.
(8) The provider shall ensure that parents have access to their child and the areas used to care for their child when their child is in care.
(9) To maintain security and supervision of children, the provider shall ensure that:
(a) each child is signed in and out in accordance with this section;
(b) only parents or individuals with written authorization from the parent may sign-out a child;
(c) photo identification is required if the individual signing the child out is unknown to the provider ;
(d) individuals signing children in and out use identifiers, including a signature, initials, or electronic code;
(e) the sign-in and sign-out records include the date and time each child arrives and leaves; and
(f) there is written permission from the child's parent if school-age children sign themselves in or out.
(10) In an emergency, the provider shall accept the parent 's verbal authorization to release a child if the provider can confirm the identity of:
(a) the individual giving verbal authorization; and
(b) the individual picking up the child.
(11) The provider shall ensure that a six-week record of each child's daily attendance, including sign-in and sign-out records, is kept on-site for review by the department .