Section 400.1915. Indoor space; play equipment and materials.

Rule 15. (1) A child care home shall provide not less than 35 square feet per child of safe, usable, accessible indoor floor space, not including bathrooms and storage areas.

(2)     Only space that has received  prior  approval  for  child  use  by the department may be used for child care.

(3)   A variety and number of  easily  accessible   activity  choices  shall be available to the child, shall be safe and appropriate for a child at  his  or  her  stage of development,   and    shall     be   based    on    the licensed/registered number of children.   All  of  the  following apply to activity choices available:

(a)    Materials may include, books, art supplies, blocks and accessories, large muscle equipment, manipulative toys, musical  equipment,  and  dramatic play materials.

(b)   All materials and equipment shall be kept clean and free of hazards.

(c)   Toys and other play equipment soiled by secretion or excretion shall be cleaned with soap and water, rinsed and sanitized   before  being  used  by a child.

(4)    The caregiver shall  not  use  any  equipment,   materials,  and furnishing recalled or identified by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (http://www.cpsc.gov/) as being hazardous. As required by 2000 PA 219, MCL 722.1065, the caregiver shall conspicuously post in the child care home  an updated copy of the list of unsafe children's   products   that is  provided by the department.

(5)    All children shall be protected from materials  that  could  be swallowed and/or present a choking hazard. Toys or objects with removable parts less than 1 ¼ inches in diameter and less than 2 ¼ inches in length, as well as balls smaller than 1 ¾ inches in diameter  are  prohibited for children under 3 years of age.

(6)   Trampolines shall not be used indoors by children in care.

History: 2005 AACS; 2009 AACS.