Utah Admin. Code R381-70-18 - Activities
(1) The provider
shall offer daily activities that support each child's healthy physical,
social, emotional, cognitive, and language development.
(2) 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 post a daily schedule that includes:
(a) activities that support a child's healthy
development; and
(b) the times
activities occur including at least meal, snack, and outdoor play
times.
(5) The provider
shall ensure that any toy, material, and equipment needed to support a child's
healthy development is available to each child.
(6) 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 planned to
address the needs of each child.
(7) If the provider offers swimming
activities or if a wading pool is used, the provider shall ensure that:
(a) a staff member 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) each lifeguard and pool personnel does
not count toward the staff-to-child ratio;
(c) if the pool is deeper than four feet,
there is a lifeguard on duty who is certified by the Red Cross or another
approved certification program any time a child has access to the pool;
and
(d) the parent gives permission
before their child uses the pool;
(8) 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 staff member to wash their hands with soap and water, or, if
there is no source of running water, with a wet wipe or hand
sanitizer.
(9) The
provider shall ensure that a staff member 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 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.
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) 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 post a daily schedule that includes:
(a) activities that support children's healthy development; and
(b) the times activities occur including at least meal, snack, and outdoor play times.
(5) The provider shall ensure that toys, materials, and equipment needed to support children's healthy development are available to the children.
(6) 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 planned to address the needs of children.
(7) 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) staff 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) 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
(d) lifeguards and pool personnel do not count toward the staff-to-child ratio .
(8) If the provider offers offsite activities, the provider shall ensure that:
(a) the parent gives written consent before each activity;
(b) the required staff-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 staff 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.
(9) The provider shall ensure that a staff member 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.