Utah Admin. Code R430-50-11 - Child Supervision and Security
(1) The provider shall ensure that each
caregiver provides and maintains active supervision of each child, including:
(a) focusing attention on the children and
not on caregivers' personal interests;
(b) interacting in-person with the children
at least every 15 minutes;
(c)
knowing the number of children in their care at any time;
(d) remaining in the outdoor area when a
child younger than five years old is in the outdoor area; and
(e) remaining inside the home when a child in
care is inside the home.
(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; and
(b) 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
does not have unsupervised contact with any child in care, including during any
offsite activity and transportation.
(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 may allow school-age children to go outdoors while caregivers are
indoors if:
(a) a caregiver can hear the
children when children are outdoors; and
(b) the children are in an area completely
enclosed within a fence, wall, or solid natural barrier that is at least four
feet high.
(7) The
provider shall ensure that a caregiver monitors each sleeping infant by:
(a) personally observing each sleeping infant
at least once every 15 minutes; or
(b) placing each infant to sleep within the
sight and hearing of a caregiver.
(8) The provider may allow a child to
participate in supervised offsite activities without a caregiver if:
(a) the provider has clearly assigned the
responsibility for the child's whereabouts and supervision to a responsible
adult who accepts that responsibility throughout the period of the offsite
activity; and
(b) the provider has
prior written permission from the child's parent for the child's
participation.
(9) 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.
(10) 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.
(11) 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.
Notes
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(1) The provider shall ensure that caregivers provide and maintain active supervision of each child, including:
(a) a caregiver is inside the home when a child in care is inside the home;
(b) a caregiver is in the outdoor area when a child younger than five years old is in the outdoor area;
(c) caregivers know the number of children in their care at any time; and
(d) caregivers' attention is focused on the children and not on caregivers' personal interests.
(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) the provider or an eligible adult is physically present and available as needed; and
(b) they are not volunteers.
(3) The provider shall ensure that staff, volunteers, and household members who are younger than 16 years old are not assigned to care for or supervise any child in care.
(4) The provider shall ensure that 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 may allow school-age children to go outdoors while caregivers are indoors if:
(a) a caregiver can hear the children when children are outdoors; and
(b) the children are in an area completely enclosed within a fence, wall, or solid natural barrier that is at least four feet high.
(7) The provider shall ensure that a caregiver monitors each sleeping infant by:
(a) placing each infant to sleep within the sight and hearing of a caregiver ; or
(b) personally observing each sleeping infant at least once every 15 minutes.
(8) The provider may allow a child to participate in supervised offsite activities without a caregiver if:
(a) the provider has prior written permission from the child's parent for the child's participation; and
(b) the provider has clearly assigned the responsibility for the child's whereabouts and supervision to a responsible adult who accepts that responsibility throughout the period of the offsite activity.
(9) 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.
(10) To maintain security and supervision of children, the provider shall ensure that:
(a) each child is signed in and out;
(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.
(11) 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.