5101:2-14-20 Supervision of children and child guidance for a licensed type B home provider.

 

 

 

5101:2-14-20               Safety and supervision of children requirements for professional certification as a type B home provider or in-home aide.

 

 

 

(A)    The provider in charge of a child shall be responsible for the child's safety while child care is being provided.

 

(B)  No child shall ever be left unsupervised.

 

(C)    When inside the home, all children in care shall be within sight or hearing of the provider at all times.

 

(D)   There shall be immediate access at all times to a working telephone within the home on the premises.

 

(E)   The provider shall release a child only to the parent caretaker or to a person who has been previously approved by the parent caretaker.

 

(F)   The provider shall have written permission from the parent caretaker before a child is permitted to participate in swimming activities.

 

(G)    The provider shall always accompany and supervise children at swimming sites, unless the parent caretaker has given written permission for a school child to participate in water activities away from the type B provider's home or the home of a child receiving in-home aide services.

 

(H)    The provider shall immediately notify the county director CDJFS, and the public children services agency, when there are two separate agencies, when the provider suspects that a child has been abused or neglected.

 

(I)   With mutual agreement of the parent caretaker and the provider, school children may be permitted off the premises for specific activities when the parent caretaker has given written permission. The written permission must be kept on file at the home.

 

(J)   Outdoor play shall be supervised as follows.

 

(1)   The provider shall remain outdoors with infants, and toddlers, and preschoolers at all times.

 

(2) The provider shall remain outdoors with preschool children at all times unless:

 

(a) The preschool children are within sight and hearing of the provider; and

 

 

 

(b) The parent has given written permission which is on file at the home.

(3)(2) School children may be permitted outdoors without the provider as long as the children remain within sight and hearing of the provider.

(4)(3) When the outdoor play space is not on the premises, the provider shall accompany and supervise children of any age in transit and at the outdoor play space.

(K) The provider shall not use outdoor porches above the first floor as play areas while child care is provided unless they are fully enclosed and structurally sound.

(K) The provider shall not provide child care services for a minimum of six consecutive hours out of every twenty-four hour period, unless otherwise approved in writing by the CDJFS.

Effective:                                04/01/2003

R.C. 119.032 review dates:    12/20/2002 and 04/01/2008

CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY

Certification

03/18/2003

Date

Promulgated Under:   119.03

Statutory Authority:   5104.011

Rule Amplifies:           5104.011

Prior Effective Dates: 4/1/82, 5/20/83, 9/1/86,

2/15/88, 5/1/89, 10/1/97

(Emer.), 12/30/97