Sec. 2919.225. (A) Subject to division (C) of this section, | 71 |
no owner, provider, or administrator of a
type A family
day-care | 72 |
home or type B family day-care home, knowing that the event | 73 |
described in division
(A)(1) or (2) of this section has occurred, | 74 |
shall accept a child
into that home without first disclosing to | 75 |
the
parent, guardian, custodian, or other person responsible
for | 76 |
the
care of that child any of the following that has occurred: | 77 |
(a) A child who is under the care of the home
or is receiving | 93 |
child day-care from the owner, provider, or
administrator dies | 94 |
while under the care of the
home or while receiving child day-care | 95 |
from the
owner, provider, or administrator or dies as a result of | 96 |
injuries suffered while under the care of the home
or while | 97 |
receiving child day-care from the owner, provider, or | 98 |
administrator. | 99 |
(a) For each child who, at the time of the injury or death | 109 |
for which the notice is required, is receiving or is enrolled to | 110 |
receive child day-care at the home or from the
owner, provider, or | 111 |
administrator, to the parent,
guardian, custodian, or other person | 112 |
responsible for the care of
the child; | 113 |
(b) If the notice is required as the result of the death of
a | 114 |
child as described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section, to the | 115 |
public children services agency of the county in which the
home is | 116 |
located or the child day-care was given, a
municipal or county | 117 |
peace officer in the county in which the child
resides or in which | 118 |
the home is located or the
child day-care was given, and the child | 119 |
fatality review board
appointed under section 307.621 of the | 120 |
Revised Code that serves
the county in which the home is located | 121 |
or the
child day-care was given. | 122 |
(3) An owner, provider, or administrator of a home shall | 123 |
provide the notices required by
divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this | 124 |
section not later than
forty-eight hours after the child dies or, | 125 |
regarding a child who
is hospitalized for more than twenty-four | 126 |
hours as a result of
injuries suffered while under the care of the | 127 |
home,
not later than forty-eight hours after the child suffers the | 128 |
injuries. If a child is hospitalized for more than twenty-four | 129 |
hours as a result of injuries suffered while under the care of the | 130 |
home, and the child subsequently dies as a result
of those | 131 |
injuries, the owner, provider, or administrator shall provide | 132 |
separate notices under divisions (B)(1) and (2) of
this section | 133 |
regarding both the injuries and the death. All
notices provided | 134 |
under divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section
shall state that | 135 |
the death or injury occurred. | 136 |
(C) Division (A) of this section does not require more than | 137 |
one person to make disclosures to the same parent, guardian, | 138 |
custodian, or other person responsible for the care of a child | 139 |
regarding any single injury or death for which disclosure is | 140 |
required under that division. Division (B) of this section does | 141 |
not require more than one person to give notices to the same | 142 |
parent, guardian, custodian, other person responsible for the care | 143 |
of the child, public children services agency, peace officer, or | 144 |
child fatality review board regarding any single injury or death | 145 |
for which disclosure is required under division (B)(1) of this | 146 |
section. | 147 |
Sec. 2919.226. (A) If a child day-care provider accurately | 156 |
answers the questions on a child day-care disclosure form that is | 157 |
in substantially the form set forth in division (B) of this | 158 |
section, presents the form to a person identified in division | 159 |
(A)(1) or (2) of section 2919.224 of the Revised Code, and obtains | 160 |
the person's signature on the acknowledgement in the form, to the | 161 |
extent that the information set forth on the form is accurate, the | 162 |
provider who presents the form is not subject to prosecution under | 163 |
division (A) of section 2919.224 of the Revised Code regarding | 164 |
presentation of that information to that person. | 165 |
An owner, provider, or administrator of a type A family | 166 |
day-care home or a type B family day-care home
may comply with | 167 |
division (A) of section 2919.225 of the Revised Code by accurately | 168 |
answering the questions on a child day-care disclosure
form that | 169 |
is in
substantially the form set forth in division (B)
of this | 170 |
section, providing a copy of the form to the
parent, guardian, | 171 |
custodian, or other person responsible for the
care of a child and | 172 |
to whom disclosure is to be made under
division (A) of section | 173 |
2919.225 of the Revised Code, and obtaining the person's signature | 174 |
on the acknowledgement in the form. | 175 |
Please Note: This form contains information that is accurate | 184 |
only at the time the form is given to you. The information | 185 |
provided in this form is likely to
change over time. It is the | 186 |
duty of the person responsible for
the care of the child to | 187 |
monitor the status of child day-care
services to ensure that those | 188 |
services remain satisfactory. If a
question on this form is left | 189 |
unanswered, the child day-care
provider makes no assertion | 190 |
regarding the question. Choosing
appropriate child day-care for a | 191 |
child is a serious
responsibility, and the person responsible for | 192 |
the care of the
child is encouraged to make all appropriate | 193 |
inquiries. Also, in
acknowledging receipt of this form, the person | 194 |
responsible for the
care of the child acknowledges that in | 195 |
selecting the child
day-care provider the person is not relying on | 196 |
any representations
other than those provided in this form unless | 197 |
the child day-care
provider has acknowledged the other | 198 |
representations in writing. | 199 |
(C) If a child day-care provider accurately answers the | 263 |
questions on a disclosure
form that is substantially similar to | 264 |
the form described in
division (B) of this section and, presents | 265 |
the form to a person
identified in division (A)(1) or (2) of | 266 |
section 2919.224 of the Revised
Code, and obtains the person's | 267 |
signature on the acknowledgement in the form, to the extent that | 268 |
the information set forth on the form is
accurate, the form is | 269 |
sufficient for the purposes described in
division (A) of this | 270 |
section. | 271 |
An owner, provider, or administrator of a type A family | 272 |
day-care home or a type B family day-care home who accurately | 273 |
answers the questions on a
disclosure form that is substantially | 274 |
similar to the form
described in division (B) of this section, | 275 |
provides a copy of the completed form to the parent, guardian, | 276 |
custodian, or other person who is responsible for the care of a | 277 |
child and to whom disclosure is to be made under division (A) of | 278 |
section 2919.225 of the Revised Code, and obtains the person's | 279 |
signature on the acknowledgement in the form complies with the | 280 |
requirements of that division. If the owner, provider, or | 281 |
administrator uses the disclosure
form, leaving a
portion of the | 282 |
disclosure form blank
does not
constitute a
misrepresentation for | 283 |
the purposes of
section
2919.224 of the
Revised Code but may | 284 |
constitute a
violation of
section 2919.225 of
the Revised Code. | 285 |
The owner,
provider, or
administrator of a type A family day-care | 286 |
home or type B family day-care home who
completes the
disclosure | 287 |
form and
provides a copy of the form to
any person
described in | 288 |
section
2919.224 or 2919.225 of the
Revised Code
may retain a copy | 289 |
of the
completed form. | 290 |
Sec. 2919.227. (A)(1) No child day-care center licensee | 291 |
shall accept a child into that center without first providing to | 292 |
the parent, guardian, custodian, or other person responsible for | 293 |
the care of that child the following information, if the parent, | 294 |
guardian, custodian, or other person responsible for the care of | 295 |
the child requests the information: | 296 |
(2) If a death described in division (A)(2)(a) or (A)(2)(b) | 304 |
occurred during the fifteen-year period immediately preceding the | 305 |
date that the parent, guardian, custodian, or other person | 306 |
responsible for the care of a child seeks to enroll that child, no | 307 |
child day-care center licensee shall accept that child into that | 308 |
center without first providing to the parent, guardian, custodian, | 309 |
or other person responsible for the care of that child a notice | 310 |
that states that the death occurred. | 311 |
(B)(1) No child day-care center licensee shall fail to | 321 |
provide notice in accordance with division (B)(3) of this section | 322 |
to the persons and entities specified in division (B)(2) of this | 323 |
section if a child who is under the care of the center or is | 324 |
receiving child day-care from the owner, provider, or | 325 |
administrator of the center dies while under the care of the | 326 |
center or while receiving child day-care from the owner, provider, | 327 |
or administrator or dies as a result of injuries suffered while | 328 |
under the care of the center or while receiving child day-care | 329 |
from the owner, provider, or administrator. | 330 |
Sec. 5104.011. (A) The director of job and family services | 353 |
shall
adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised
Code | 354 |
governing the operation of child day-care centers, including, but | 355 |
not limited to, parent cooperative centers, part-time centers, | 356 |
drop-in centers, and school child centers, which rules shall | 357 |
reflect the various forms of child day-care and the needs of | 358 |
children receiving child day-care or publicly funded child | 359 |
day-care and, no later than January 1, 1992, shall include | 360 |
specific rules for school child day-care centers that are | 361 |
developed in consultation with the department of education. The | 362 |
rules shall not require an existing school facility that is in | 363 |
compliance with applicable building codes to undergo an
additional | 364 |
building code inspection or to have structural
modifications. The | 365 |
rules shall include the following: | 366 |
(4) Standards for a program of activities, and for play | 378 |
equipment, materials, and supplies, to enhance the development of | 379 |
each child; however, any educational curricula, philosophies, and | 380 |
methodologies that are developmentally appropriate and that | 381 |
enhance the social, emotional, intellectual, and physical | 382 |
development of each child shall be permissible. As used in this | 383 |
division, "program" does not include instruction in religious or | 384 |
moral doctrines, beliefs, or values that is conducted at child | 385 |
day-care centers owned and operated by churches and does include | 386 |
methods of disciplining children at child day-care centers. | 387 |
(5) Admissions policies and procedures, health care
policies | 388 |
and procedures, including, but not limited to,
procedures for the | 389 |
isolation of children with communicable
diseases, first aid and | 390 |
emergency procedures, procedures for
discipline and supervision of | 391 |
children, standards for the
provision of nutritious meals and | 392 |
snacks, and procedures for
screening children and employees, | 393 |
including, but not limited to,
any necessary physical examinations | 394 |
and immunizations; | 395 |
(B)(1) The child day-care center shall have, for each
child | 438 |
for whom the center is licensed, at least thirty-five
square feet | 439 |
of usable indoor floor space wall-to-wall regularly
available for | 440 |
the child day-care operation exclusive of any parts
of the | 441 |
structure in which the care of children is prohibited by
law or by | 442 |
rules adopted by the board of building standards. The
minimum of | 443 |
thirty-five square feet of usable indoor floor space
shall not | 444 |
include hallways, kitchens, storage areas, or any other
areas that | 445 |
are not available for the care of children, as
determined by the | 446 |
director, in meeting the space requirement of
this division, and | 447 |
bathrooms shall be counted in determining
square footage only if | 448 |
they are used exclusively by children
enrolled in the center, | 449 |
except that the exclusion of hallways,
kitchens, storage areas, | 450 |
bathrooms not used exclusively by
children enrolled in the center, | 451 |
and any other areas not
available for the care of children from | 452 |
the minimum of
thirty-five square feet of usable indoor floor | 453 |
space shall not
apply to: | 454 |
(2) The child day-care center shall have on the site a
safe | 460 |
outdoor play space which is enclosed by a fence or otherwise | 461 |
protected from traffic or other hazards. The play space shall | 462 |
contain not less than sixty square feet per child using such
space | 463 |
at any one time, and shall provide an opportunity for
supervised | 464 |
outdoor play each day in suitable weather. The
director may
exempt | 465 |
a center from the requirement of this
division, if an
outdoor play | 466 |
space is not available and if all of
the following
are met: | 467 |
The director also shall exempt from the requirement of this | 479 |
division a child day-care center that was licensed prior to | 480 |
September 1, 1986, if the center received approval from the | 481 |
director prior to September 1, 1986, to use a park, playground,
or | 482 |
similar area, not connected with the center, for play or | 483 |
recreation in lieu of the outdoor space requirements of this | 484 |
section and if the children are closely supervised both during | 485 |
play and while traveling to and from the area and except if the | 486 |
director determines upon investigation and inspection pursuant to | 487 |
section 5104.04 of the Revised Code and rules
adopted
pursuant to | 488 |
that section that the park, playground, or similar
area, as well | 489 |
as access to and from the area, is unsafe for the
children. | 490 |
(3) The child day-care center shall have at least two | 491 |
responsible adults available on the premises at all times when | 492 |
seven or more children are in the center. The center shall | 493 |
organize the children in the center in small groups, shall
provide | 494 |
child-care staff to give continuity of care and
supervision to the | 495 |
children on a day-by-day basis, and shall
ensure that no child is | 496 |
left alone or unsupervised. Except as
otherwise provided in | 497 |
division (E) of this section, the maximum
number of children per | 498 |
child-care staff member and maximum group
size, by age category of | 499 |
children, are as follows: | 500 |
(b) In addition to the requirements of division (B)(4)(a)
of | 557 |
this section, any administrator employed or designated on or
after | 558 |
September 1, 1986, shall show evidence of, and any
administrator | 559 |
employed or designated prior to September 1, 1986,
shall show | 560 |
evidence within six years after such date of, at least
one of the | 561 |
following: | 562 |
(i) Two years of experience working as a child-care staff | 563 |
member in a center and at least four courses in child development | 564 |
or early childhood education from an accredited college, | 565 |
university, or technical college, except that a person who has
two | 566 |
years of experience working as a child-care staff member in a | 567 |
particular center and who has been promoted to or designated as | 568 |
administrator of that center shall have one year from the time
the | 569 |
person was promoted to or designated as administrator to complete | 570 |
the required four courses; | 571 |
(5) All child-care staff members of a child day-care
center | 582 |
shall be at least eighteen years of age, and shall furnish
the | 583 |
director evidence of at least high school graduation or | 584 |
certification of high school equivalency by the state board of | 585 |
education or the appropriate agency of another state or evidence | 586 |
of completion of a training program approved by the department of | 587 |
job and
family services or state board of education, except as | 588 |
follows: | 589 |
(ii) A student enrolled in the second year of a vocational | 594 |
child-care training program approved by the state board of | 595 |
education which leads to high school graduation, provided that
the | 596 |
student performs the student's duties in the child
day-care center | 597 |
under the continuous supervision of an experienced child-care | 598 |
staff member, receives periodic supervision from the vocational | 599 |
child-care training program teacher-coordinator in the
student's | 600 |
high school, and meets all other requirements of this chapter
and | 601 |
rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. | 602 |
(ii) Is a student enrolled in the second year of a
vocational | 609 |
child-care training program approved by the state
board
of | 610 |
education which leads to high school graduation,
provided that
the | 611 |
student performs the student's duties in
the child day-care
center | 612 |
under the continuous supervision of an
experienced
child-care | 613 |
staff member, receives periodic
supervision from the
vocational | 614 |
child-care training program
teacher-coordinator in the
student's | 615 |
high school, and meets
all other requirements of this
chapter and | 616 |
rules
adopted pursuant to this
chapter. | 617 |
(6) Every child day-care staff member of a child day-care | 618 |
center annually shall complete fifteen hours of inservice
training | 619 |
in child development or early childhood education, child
abuse | 620 |
recognition and prevention, first aid, and in prevention, | 621 |
recognition, and management of communicable diseases, until a | 622 |
total of forty-five hours of training has been completed, unless | 623 |
the staff member furnishes one of the following to the
director: | 624 |
(7) The administrator of each child day-care center shall | 636 |
prepare at least once annually and for each group of children at | 637 |
the center a roster of names and telephone numbers of parents, | 638 |
custodians, or guardians of each group of children attending the | 639 |
center and upon request shall furnish the roster for each group
to | 640 |
the parents, custodians, or guardians of the children in that | 641 |
group. The administrator may prepare a roster of names and | 642 |
telephone numbers of all parents, custodians, or guardians of | 643 |
children attending the center and upon request shall furnish the | 644 |
roster to the parents, custodians, or guardians of the children | 645 |
who attend the center. The administrator shall not include in
any | 646 |
roster the name or telephone number of any parent, custodian,
or | 647 |
guardian who requests the administrator not to include the | 648 |
parent's, custodian's, or guardian's name or number and shall not | 649 |
furnish
any roster to any person other than a parent, custodian, | 650 |
or guardian of a
child who attends the center. | 651 |
(C)(1) Each child day-care center shall have on the center | 652 |
premises and readily available at all times at least one | 653 |
child-care staff member who has completed a course in first aid | 654 |
and in prevention, recognition, and management of communicable | 655 |
diseases which is approved by the state department of health and
a | 656 |
staff member who has completed a course in child abuse
recognition | 657 |
and prevention training which is approved by the
department of job | 658 |
and family services. | 659 |
(2) The administrator of each child day-care center shall | 660 |
maintain enrollment, health, and attendance records for all | 661 |
children attending the center and health and employment records | 662 |
for all center employees. The records shall be confidential, | 663 |
except as otherwise provided in division (B)(7) of this section | 664 |
and except that they shall be disclosed by the administrator to | 665 |
the director upon request for the purpose of administering and | 666 |
enforcing this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this
chapter. | 667 |
Neither the center nor the licensee, administrator, or
employees | 668 |
of the center shall be civilly or criminally liable in
damages or | 669 |
otherwise for records disclosed to the director by the | 670 |
administrator pursuant to this division. It shall be a defense
to | 671 |
any civil or criminal charge based upon records disclosed by
the | 672 |
administrator to the director that the records were disclosed | 673 |
pursuant to this division. | 674 |
(3)(a) Any parent who is the residential parent and legal | 675 |
custodian of a child enrolled in a child day-care center and any | 676 |
custodian or guardian of such a child shall be permitted
unlimited | 677 |
access to the center during its hours of operation for
the | 678 |
purposes of contacting their children, evaluating the care | 679 |
provided by the center, evaluating the premises of the center, or | 680 |
for other purposes approved by the director. A parent of a child | 681 |
enrolled in a child day-care center who is not the child's | 682 |
residential parent shall be permitted unlimited access to the | 683 |
center during its hours of operation for those purposes under the | 684 |
same terms and conditions under which the residential parent of | 685 |
that child is permitted access to the center for those purposes. | 686 |
However, the access of the parent who is not the residential | 687 |
parent is subject to any agreement between the parents and, to
the | 688 |
extent described in division (C)(3)(b) of this section, is
subject | 689 |
to any terms and conditions limiting the right of access
of the | 690 |
parent who is not the residential parent, as described in
division | 691 |
(I) of section 3109.051 of the Revised Code, that are
contained in | 692 |
a parenting time order or decree issued
under that
section, | 693 |
section 3109.12 of the Revised Code, or any
other provision of
the | 694 |
Revised Code. | 695 |
(b) If a parent who is the residential parent of a child
has | 696 |
presented the administrator or the administrator's
designee with a | 697 |
copy of a
parenting time order that limits the terms and | 698 |
conditions under which
the parent who is not the residential | 699 |
parent is to have access to
the center, as described in division | 700 |
(I) of section 3109.051 of
the Revised Code, the parent who is not | 701 |
the residential parent
shall be provided access to the center only | 702 |
to the extent
authorized in the order. If the residential parent | 703 |
has presented
such an order, the parent who is not the residential | 704 |
parent shall
be permitted access to the center only in accordance | 705 |
with the
most recent order that has been presented to the | 706 |
administrator or
the administrator's designee by the residential | 707 |
parent or
the parent who is not the residential parent. | 708 |
(D) The director of job and family services, in addition to | 715 |
the
rules adopted under division (A) of this section, shall adopt | 716 |
rules establishing minimum requirements for child day-care | 717 |
centers. The rules shall include, but not be limited to, the | 718 |
requirements set forth in divisions (B) and (C) of this section. | 719 |
Except as provided in section 5104.07 of the Revised Code, the | 720 |
rules shall not change the square footage requirements of
division | 721 |
(B)(1) or (2) of this section; the maximum number of
children per | 722 |
child-care staff member and maximum group size
requirements of | 723 |
division (B)(3) of this section; the educational
and experience | 724 |
requirements of division (B)(4) of this section;
the age, | 725 |
educational, and experience requirements of division
(B)(5) of | 726 |
this section; the number of inservice training hours
required | 727 |
under division (B)(6) of this section; or the
requirement for at | 728 |
least annual preparation of a roster for each
group of children of | 729 |
names and telephone numbers of parents,
custodians, or guardians | 730 |
of each group of children attending the
center that must be | 731 |
furnished upon request to any parent,
custodian, or guardian of | 732 |
any child in that group required under
division (B)(7) of this | 733 |
section; however, the rules shall provide
procedures for | 734 |
determining compliance with those requirements. | 735 |
(E)(1) When age groups are combined, the maximum number of | 736 |
children per child-care staff member shall be determined by the | 737 |
age of the youngest child in the group, except that when no more | 738 |
than one child thirty months of age or older receives services in | 739 |
a group in which all the other children are in the next older age | 740 |
group, the maximum number of children per child-care staff member | 741 |
and maximum group size requirements of the older age group | 742 |
established under division (B)(3) of this section shall apply. | 743 |
(F) The director of job and family services shall adopt
rules | 760 |
pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the | 761 |
operation of type A family day-care homes, including, but not | 762 |
limited to, parent cooperative type A homes, part-time type A | 763 |
homes, drop-in type A homes, and school child type A homes, which | 764 |
shall reflect the various forms of child day-care and the needs
of | 765 |
children receiving child day-care. The rules shall include
the | 766 |
following: | 767 |
(4) Standards for a program of activities, and for play | 779 |
equipment, materials, and supplies, to enhance the development of | 780 |
each child; however, any educational curricula, philosophies, and | 781 |
methodologies that are developmentally appropriate and that | 782 |
enhance the social, emotional, intellectual, and physical | 783 |
development of each child shall be permissible; | 784 |
(5) Admissions policies and procedures, health care
policies | 785 |
and procedures, including, but not limited to,
procedures for the | 786 |
isolation of children with communicable
diseases, first aid and | 787 |
emergency procedures, procedures for
discipline and supervision of | 788 |
children, standards for the
provision of nutritious meals and | 789 |
snacks, and procedures for
screening children and employees, | 790 |
including, but not limited to,
any necessary physical examinations | 791 |
and immunizations; | 792 |
The rules shall require, and
shall include procedures for the | 858 |
director to ensure, that type B
family day-care homes that receive | 859 |
a limited certification
provide child day-care to children in a | 860 |
safe and sanitary manner.
With regard to providers who apply for | 861 |
limited certification, a
provider shall be granted a provisional | 862 |
limited certification on
signing a declaration under oath | 863 |
attesting that the provider
meets the standards for limited | 864 |
certification. Such provisional limited
certifications shall | 865 |
remain in effect for no more than sixty
calendar days and shall | 866 |
entitle the provider to offer publicly
funded child day-care | 867 |
during the provisional period. Except
as otherwise provided in | 868 |
division (G)(1) of this section, prior
to
the expiration of the | 869 |
provisional limited certificate, a county department of
job and | 870 |
family services shall inspect the home and shall
grant limited | 871 |
certification to the provider if the provider
meets the | 872 |
requirements of this division. Limited certificates remain valid | 873 |
for two years unless earlier revoked. Except as otherwise
provided | 874 |
in division (G)(1) of this section, providers operating
under | 875 |
limited certification shall be inspected annually. | 876 |
If a provider is
a person described in division (G)(1)(a) of | 877 |
this
section or a person described in division (G)(1)(b)
of this | 878 |
section who is a friend of the caretaker parent, the provider and | 879 |
the caretaker parent may verify in writing to the county | 880 |
department of
job and family services that minimum health and | 881 |
safety
requirements are being met in the home. If such | 882 |
verification is provided, the
county shall waive any inspection | 883 |
and any criminal records check required by this chapter and grant | 884 |
limited
certification to the provider. | 885 |
(c) Standards for a program of activities, and for play | 897 |
equipment, materials, and supplies to enhance the development of | 898 |
each child; however, any educational curricula, philosophies, and | 899 |
methodologies that are developmentally appropriate and that | 900 |
enhance the social, emotional, intellectual, and physical | 901 |
development of each child shall be permissible; | 902 |
(d) Admission policies and procedures, health care, first
aid | 903 |
and emergency procedures, procedures for the care of sick | 904 |
children, procedures for discipline and supervision of children, | 905 |
nutritional standards, and procedures for screening children and | 906 |
authorized providers, including, but not limited to, any
necessary | 907 |
physical examinations and immunizations; | 908 |
(H) The director shall adopt rules pursuant to
Chapter 119. | 938 |
of the Revised Code governing the certification of
in-home aides. | 939 |
The rules shall include procedures, standards,
and other necessary | 940 |
provisions for granting limited certification
to in-home aides who | 941 |
provide child day-care for eligible children
who are | 942 |
great-grandchildren, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or
siblings | 943 |
of the in-home aide or for eligible children whose
caretaker | 944 |
parent is a grandchild, child, niece, nephew, or
sibling of the | 945 |
in-home aide. The rules shall require, and shall
include | 946 |
procedures for the director to ensure, that in-home aides
that | 947 |
receive a limited certification provide child day-care to
children | 948 |
in a safe and sanitary manner. The rules shall provide
for | 949 |
safeguarding the health, safety, and welfare of children
receiving | 950 |
publicly funded child day-care in their own home and
shall include | 951 |
the following: | 952 |
(3) Standards for a program of activities, and for play | 960 |
equipment, materials, and supplies to enhance the development of | 961 |
each child; however, any educational curricula, philosophies, and | 962 |
methodologies that are developmentally appropriate and that | 963 |
enhance the social, emotional, intellectual, and physical | 964 |
development of each child shall be permissible; | 965 |
(4) Health care, first aid, and emergency procedures, | 966 |
procedures for the care of sick children, procedures for | 967 |
discipline and supervision of children, nutritional standards,
and | 968 |
procedures for screening children and in-home aides,
including, | 969 |
but not limited to, any necessary physical
examinations and | 970 |
immunizations; | 971 |
(J) The director of job and family services shall send
copies | 998 |
of
proposed rules to each licensee and each county director
of
job | 999 |
and family services and shall give public notice of
hearings | 1000 |
regarding the
rules to each licensee and each county
director of | 1001 |
job and
family services at least thirty days prior to
the date of | 1002 |
the public
hearing, in
accordance with section 119.03
of the | 1003 |
Revised Code. Prior to the
effective date of a rule, the
director | 1004 |
of job and family
services shall
provide copies of the
adopted | 1005 |
rule to each licensee and each
county director of job and
family | 1006 |
services. | 1007 |
The county director of job and family services shall send | 1008 |
copies of
proposed rules to each authorized provider and in-home | 1009 |
aide and
shall give public notice of hearings regarding the rules | 1010 |
to each
authorized provider and in-home aide at least thirty days | 1011 |
prior
to the date of the public hearing, in accordance with | 1012 |
section
119.03 of the Revised Code. Prior to the effective date
of | 1013 |
a
rule, the county director of job and family services shall | 1014 |
provide copies of the adopted rule to each authorized provider and | 1015 |
in-home
aide. | 1016 |