Licensing Standards for DayCare Centers

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7 AAC 50.400
SUPERVISION OF CHILDREN

(a) A facility shall ensure that the children in its care will receive responsible supervision appropriate to their age and developmental needs. A facility shall provide for creation of a staffing plan, where applicable, and a plan for supervision of children.

(b) A child care facility shall ensure that children are always under supervision by a caregiver, except when providing a degree of freedom to a school age child appropriate to the child's age and developmental level. A child care facility shall ensure that

(1) children are supervised at all times, even when the children are sleeping;

(2) [C] caregivers in a center are able to both see and hear sleeping infants;

(3) caregivers are in close proximity to children; and

(4) a school age child is permitted to participate in activities and visit friends away from the facility's premises as approved by the child's parents and by the facility.

(d) A child care facility shall maintain caregiver and child attendance records that reflect the time caregivers are present and children are in care.

(e) A caregiver in a child care facility may participate in duties other than direct care of children and be counted toward the caregiver-to-child ratios required under this chapter so long as the caregiver remains on duty and the caregiver's primary responsibility continues to be the direct care and supervision of children. However, facility staff counted toward caregiver-to-child ratio requirements must be awake at all times during which they are counted unless there are five or fewer children in care during nighttime care.

(f) [H & GH] A child care home, a child care group home, shall designate an adult who is available to assist in case of serious illness, accident, or other emergency. If this adult assists only in emergency situations, caregiver qualifications set out in 7 AAC 50.210 and ability to administer CPR and first aid in a child care facility are not required.

(g) A facility shall prevent exposure of children to individuals, animals, and situations known to be a danger. A facility may not expose a child to high-risk activities or hazards such as

(1) use of an infant walker;

(2) a young child walking along a river edge or riding an all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile; or

(3) a child of any age riding an all-terrain vehicle with only three wheels, boating without a personal floatation device or in dangerous water conditions, or participating in an air borne activity such as hang gliding.

(1) document parent permission for a school age child to participate in activities and visit friends off premises; and

(2) obtain permission from the parent for a child to participate in moderate risk activities, such as swimming, walks to the beach, or vehicle trips. (Eff. 1/1/96, Register 136; am 3/1/98, Register 145)

Authority: AS 44.29.020 AS 47.35.010

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