CATALINA REYES

z06-Terms of the Registration- Infant/toddler restriction

The provider shall care for no more than two (2) children under the age of two (2) years at one time, including his/her own children, except that the provider may care for up to six (6) children under the age of two (2) years when an approved assistant is present.

z13-Qualifications of the Provider- Personal qualities

The applicant and provider shall have the personal qualities appropriate for working and communicating with children and their families.

15-Qualifications of the Provider- Protective services check

The provider or any person working in the family child care home shall not have a protective services record that the Commissioner reasonably believes renders such provider, assistant or substitute unsuitable to operate or be employed by a family child care home.

24-Physical Environment- Freedom from hazards

The facility and equipment shall be in good repair, and reasonably free from anything that would be dangerous to children.

25-Physical Environment- Absence of poisonous substances

Poisonous substances shall not be accessible to children enrolled in the facility. Poisonous and unidentified plants and plant parts shall be removed from the area, protected by barriers, or kept out of the reach of children.

26-Physical Environment- Fire safety

The provider shall ensure that the home and grounds provide a reasonable degree of safety from fire.

28-Physical Environment- Safe space

There shall be sufficient indoor and outdoor play space to ensure appropriate activities, safety and comfort for the day care children. The indoor and outdoor play space shall be neither isolated nor remote from the primary care areas. The outdoor play area shall be protected from traffic, bodies of water, gullies, and other hazards by barriers, in a manner safe for children. When there is a swimming pool or any other body of water at the facility or near enough to the facility to attract or be accessible to children at any time of the year, there shall be a sturdy fence/barrier, four (4) feet high or higher, with locked entrances, which totally and effectively bars access to the water by the day care children. Shallow wading pools that are not fenced shall be emptied after each use and shall not collect water.

46-Responsibilities of Provider & Substitute- Supervision

The provider shall be responsible for the supervision of the children at all times while the children are at the facility, indoors or outdoors or on excursions. It is done by a provider who is within effective sight or sound of the children. The provider's personal schedule shall ensure that the provider has sufficient rest for alert and competent attention to the children at the facility. The provider shall not engage in any activity while on duty during customary business hours that distracts his/her attention from providing family child care services. The provider shall give an injured, ill, or distressed child immediate appropriate attention. The provider shall not leave the presence of the day care children unless and until the substitute or emergency provider has assumed the provider's responsibilities and is actually present with the day care children.

48-Responsibilities of Provider & Substitute- Child protection

The provider shall not engage in, nor allow, abusive, neglectful, physical, corporal, humiliating or frightening treatment or punishment, and shall not tie nor bind children and shall not restrain children except in appropriate circumstances for the protection and safety of the children or others. The provider or substitute shall notify the Office of Early Childhood within twenty-four (24) hours of the death of any child enrolled in the family child care home, if the child died while at the facility or if the child died of a contagious disease or any injury to a child that occurs while the child is at the facility which results in the child being admitted to a hospital or the child's death.

20-Qualifications of Staff- Substitute/Assistant - Staffing

The provider may have substitutes and assistants in the facility only after the intended staff member has been approved in writing by the Commissioner. An assistant is required to be present when more than two (2) children under (2) years of age receive family child care services at the same time at the facility.

38-Responsibilities of Provider & Substitute- Registered capacity & compliance

The provider shall maintain the family child care home within the registered capacity.

39-Responsibilities of Provider & Substitute- Maintaining records on children

For each child enrolled, the provider shall maintain on file a current and complete enrollment form. The provider shall have a complete and current general health record, including immunization records, on file when the child begins attending the family child care home. The provider shall have on file an incident log for each enrolled child to record accidents, illnesses, unusual behaviors that occur at the facility and observations of the child made by the provider. The provider and staff shall not release any records pertaining to a child or family except in emergencies, or upon request of the Office of Early Childhood, police, or DCF, unless the parent of the child gives the provider and staff written permission to release the information.

44-Responsibilities of Provider & Substitute- Diaper changing

The provider shall change an infant's diapers frequently for the child's comfort, shall cleanse and disinfect the surface of the changing area after changing each diaper, shall dispose of waste material in a sanitary manner out of reach of the children, and shall wash his/her own hands with soap and hot water after changing and disposing of each diaper.