Megan D. Thomas

Rule .11(2)(f) - Hazardous Items Inaccessible: (f) Poisons, medicines, cleaning agents, razors, aerosol cans and other potential hazardous materials shall be stored out of reach of children or in locked cabinets.

Rule .21(1)(c) - Employee - Satisfactory Comprehensive Records Check Determination: (c) Every Employee must have a current and valid satisfactory Comprehensive Records Check Determination on file prior to being present at the Home while any child is present for care or before residing in the Home if age 17 or older. The Comprehensive Records Check Determination must have a Records Check Clearance Date that is no older than the preceding 12 months of the hire date; provided, however, if the Employee has had a lapse of employment from the child care industry that lasted for 180 days (6 months) or longer, a new satisfactory Comprehensive Records Check Determination is required.

Rule .21(1)(a) - Provider and Employee Submit to Background Check: (1) Satisfactory Fingerprint Records Check Determination or Satisfactory Comprehensive Records Check Determination Required (a) The Home must ensure that the Provider, every actual and potential Employee (including residents age 17 and older) and Provisional Employee of the Family Child Care Learning Home must submit both a Records Check Application to the Department and Fingerprints to an authorized fingerprinting site.

Rule .19(2) - Infant Safe Sleep Requirements: (2) Environment. A Family Child Care Learning Home shall provide a safe sleep environment in accordance with American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) recommendations as listed in these rules for all infants and one-year-old children when placed for sleep in a safety approved crib or in any other type of equipment approved for infant sleep. Staff shall place an infant to sleep on the infant’s back unless the Parent has provided a physician’s written statement authorizing another sleep position for that particular infant that includes how the infant shall be placed to sleep and a time frame that the instructions are to be followed. When an infant can easily turn over from back to front and back again, Staff shall continue to put the infant to sleep initially on the infant's back, but allow the infant to roll over into his or her preferred positions and not re-position the infant. Sleepers, sleep sacks and wearable blankets that fit according to the commercial manufacturer’s guidelines and will not slide up around the infant’s face may be used when necessary for the comfort of the sleeping infant, however swaddling shall not be used unless the Home has been provided a physician’s written statement authorizing its use for a particular infant that includes instructions and a time frame for swaddling the infant. Staff shall not place objects or allow objects to be placed in or on the crib with an infant such as but not limited to toys, pillows, quilts, comforters, bumper pads, sheepskins, stuffed toys, or other soft items and shall not attach objects or allow objects to be attached to a crib with a sleeping infant such as but not limited to crib gyms, toys, mirrors and mobiles.

Rule .11(1)(n) - Pets-Vaccinated/Confined: (n) Pets in the Home shall be vaccinated in accordance with the requirements of the local county Boards of Health. Unconfined pets shall not be permitted in child care areas when any Child is present except for supervised learning experiences.

Rule .13(2)(d) - Fencing-Outside Play Areas/Swimming Pools/Non-hazardous Material: (d) Such outside play areas shall be protected from traffic or other hazards by fencing or other barriers at least four feet in height and approved by the department. Fencing material shall not present a hazard to children. A fence shall be provided around swimming pools to make them inaccessible when not in use.

Rule .11(2)(c) - Drills- Fire/Tornado/Other (Recite-Not Met): (c) Documentation of drills required by these rules shall be maintained in the Home. The Home shall conduct drills for fire, tornado, and other emergency situations. The fire drills will be conducted monthly and tornado and other emergency situation drills will be conducted every six months. The Home shall maintain documentation of the dates and times of these drills for two years.

Rule .13(2)(c) - Climbing/Swinging Equipment-Fall Zone/Resilient Surface: (c) Climbing and swinging equipment that are not portable shall have a resilient surface beneath the equipment and the fall zone from such equipment, which is adequately maintained by the Family Child Care Learning Home to assure continuing resiliency.

Rule .13(2)(a) - Outside grounds/play area free from hazard: (a) Outside play areas shall be free of hazards such as, but not limited to exposed sharp edges of concrete or equipment, broken glass, debris, open drainage ditches, holes and stagnant water.

Rule .11(2)(c) - Drills- Fire/Tornado/Other: (c) Documentation of drills required by these rules shall be maintained in the Home. The Home shall conduct drills for fire, tornado, and other emergency situations. The fire drills will be conducted monthly and tornado and other emergency situation drills will be conducted every six months. The Home shall maintain documentation of the dates and times of these drills for two years.

Rule .11(1)(n) - Pets-Vaccinated/Confined: (n) Pets in the Home shall be vaccinated in accordance with the requirements of the local county Boards of Health. Unconfined pets shall not be permitted in child care areas when any Child is present except for supervised learning experiences.