Section 400.8155. Child accidents and incidents; child and staff illness.

(1) A plan for when and how parents will be notified when the center observes changes in the child’s health, a child experiences accidents, injuries, or incidents, or when a child is too ill to remain in the group shall be developed and implemented.

(2)   The center shall assure that a child too ill to remain in the group is placed in a separate area and is cared for and supervised until the parent arrives.

(3)   Items and facilities used by an ill child or adult shall not be used by any other person until washed, rinsed, and sanitized.

(4)   If the center becomes aware that a staff member, volunteer, or child in care has contracted a communicable disease, then the center shall notify parents of both of the following:

(a)   The name of the communicable disease.

(b)   The symptoms of the disease.

(5)    A policy detailing when children, staff, and volunteers will be excluded from child care due to illness shall be developed and implemented.

History: 2013 AACS.