Utah Admin. Code R381-60-18 - Activities
(1) The provider
shall offer daily activities that support each child's healthy physical,
social, emotional, cognitive, and language development.
(2) If an approved outdoor area is available,
the provider shall ensure that daily activities include outdoor play as weather
and air quality allow.
(3) The
provider shall ensure that physical development activities include light,
moderate, and vigorous physical activity for a daily total of at least 15
minutes for every two hours that children spend in the program.
(4) The provider shall ensure that any toy,
material, and equipment needed to support a child's healthy development is
available to each child.
(5) Except
for occasional special events, the provider shall ensure that each child's
primary screen time activity on media, including any television, cell phone,
tablet, and computer, is:
(a) not allowed for
a child zero to 17 months old;
(b)
limited for a child 18 months to four years old to one hour a day, or five
hours a week with a maximum screen time of two hours per activity;
and
(c) planned to address the
needs of a child five to 12 years old.
(6) If the provider offers swimming
activities or if a wading pool is used, the provider shall ensure that:
(a) a caregiver stays at the pool supervising
when a child is in the pool or has access to the pool, and when an accessible
pool has water in it;
(b) any
diapered child wears a swim diaper when the child is in the pool;
(c) each wading pool is emptied and sanitized
after use by each group of children;
(d) if the pool is over four feet deep, there
is a lifeguard on duty who is certified by the Red Cross or other approved
certification program any time children have access to the pool;
(e) lifeguards and pool personnel do not
count toward the caregiver-to-child ratio; and
(f) the parent gives permission before their
child in care uses the pool.
(7) If the provider offers offsite
activities, the provider shall ensure that:
(a) a child's name is not used on a nametag,
t-shirt, or in any other visible way;
(b) each child wears or carries with them the
name and phone number of the center;
(c) first aid supplies, including at least
antiseptic, bandages, and tweezers are available;
(d) the child's parent gives written consent
before each activity;
(e) the
required staff-to-child ratio and supervision are maintained during the entire
activity; and
(f) there is a way
for each child and caregiver to wash their hands with soap and water, or, if
there is no source of running water, with a wet wipe or hand
sanitizer.
(8) The
provider shall ensure that a caregiver with the children takes the written
emergency information and releases for each child in the group on each offsite
activity, and that the information includes at least:
(a) the child's name;
(b) the parent's name and phone
number;
(c) the name and phone
number of a person to notify if there is an emergency and the parent cannot be
contacted;
(d) the name of any
person authorized by the parent to pick up the child; and
(e) current emergency medical treatment and
emergency medical transportation releases.
Notes
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(1) The provider shall offer daily activities that support each child's healthy physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and language development.
(2) If an approved outdoor area is available, the provider shall ensure that daily activities include outdoor play as weather and air quality allow.
(3) The provider shall ensure that physical development activities include light, moderate, and vigorous physical activity for a daily total of at least 15 minutes for every two hours children spend in the program.
(4) The provider shall ensure that toys, materials, and equipment needed to support children's healthy development are available to the children.
(5) Except for occasional special events, the provider shall ensure that the children's primary screen time activity on media including television, cell phones, tablets, and computers is:
(a) not allowed for children zero to 17 months old;
(b) limited for children 18 months to four years old to one hour a day, or five hours a week with a maximum screen time of two hours per activity; and
(c) planned to address the needs of children five to 12 years old.
(6) If the provider offers swimming activities or if wading pools are used, the provider shall ensure that:
(a) the parent gives permission before their child in care uses the pool;
(b) caregivers stay at the pool supervising when a child is in the pool or has access to the pool, and when an accessible pool has water in it;
(c) diapered children wear swim diapers when they are in the pool;
(d) wading pools are emptied and sanitized after use by each group of children;
(e) if the pool is over four feet deep, there is a lifeguard on duty who is certified by the Red Cross or other approved certification program any time children have access to the pool; and
(f) lifeguards and pool personnel do not count toward the caregiver-to-child ratio .
(7) If the provider offers swimming activities or if wading pools are used, the provider shall ensure that:
(a) the parent gives written consent before each activity;
(b) the required caregiver-to-child ratio and supervision are maintained during the entire activity;
(c) first aid supplies, including at least antiseptic, bandages, and tweezers are available;
(d) children wear or carry with them the name and phone number of the center;
(e) children's names are not used on nametags, t-shirts, or in other visible ways; and
(f) there is a way for caregivers and children to wash their hands with soap and water, or with wet wipes and hand sanitizer if there is no source of running water.
(8) The provider shall ensure a caregiver with the children takes the written emergency information and releases for each child in the group on each offsite activity, and that the information includes at least:
(a) the child's name;
(b) the parent 's name and phone number;
(c) the name and phone number of an individual to notify if an emergency happens and the parent cannot be contacted;
(d) the names of people authorized by the parents to pick up the child; and
(e) current emergency medical treatment and emergency medical transportation releases.