Alaska Licensing Standards for Day Care Centers

Licensing Standards for DayCare Centers

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7 AAC 50.250
ORIENTATION AND TRAINING

(a) [Emp] A facility with one or more employees shall provide an orientation to each caregiver that includes

(1) the facility's policies and procedures, including responsibilities of the caregiver;

(2) satisfying special needs of specific children, where appropriate; and

(3) emergency procedures and health and safety measures.

(b) [Emp] The orientation required in(a) of this section must begin at the time of employment and be completed within the succeeding eight weeks.

(c) Training hours required in this section are clock hours and may include any training that is relevant to the caregiver's primary job responsibilities. A facility may count informal training that increases caregiver skills. Documentation must include the date, subject, method of training, and the name of the person who conducted the training.

(d) Except when a substitute caregiver is providing care in a child care home for a period of 30 days or less, a facility shall have on duty at all times at least one caregiver with a valid first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) certification, unless the courses for these certifications are not regularly available in the community in which the facility is located. If certification courses are not regularly available, the facility shall enroll one or more employees in the first available first aid and CPR certification course offered in the community. A certified emergency medical or trauma technician on duty satisfies the requirements of this subsection. Caregivers of young children shall enroll in infant and child(pediatric) first aid and CPR in communities where infant and child first aid and CPR are regularly available.

(e) [C] A child care center shall ensure that each caregiver, other than a volunteer, receives a minimum of 15 hours of training a year. The 15 hours must be in addition to

(1) orientation required by(a) of this section; and

(2) training in CPR and first aid required by(d) of this section.

(f) [H & GH] A caregiver in a child care home and a child care group home shall complete a minimum of nine hours of training annually. The nine hours must be in addition to

(1) orientation required by(a) of this section; and

(2) training in CPR and first aid required by(d) of this section.

(i) A caregiver may count orientation and pre-service training hours required under 7 AAC 50.030(a) that exceed six hours toward caregiver training hours required under(e) -(g) of this section.(Eff. 1/1/96, Register 136; am 3/1/98, Register 145)

Authority: AS 44.29.020 AS 47.35.010 AS 47.35.037

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