10- 148 C.M.R. ch. 32, § 20 - SCHOOL AGE AND OCCASIONAL CARE PROGRAMS
A.
Additional rules for school-age Child Care Facilities. In addition
to the preceding rules, School-Age Child Care Facilities must comply with this
section. School-Age Child Care Facilities include (A) facilities licensed for
thirteen (13) or more that include a School-Age Childcare Program, and (B)
facilities licensed for twelve (12) or fewer that serve school-age Children
exclusively.
1. There must be space,
activities and equipment for group and individual activity;
2. Planned activities must reflect an
awareness of the social, emotional, physical and cognitive needs of older
Children; and
3. The facility must
allow time for individual self-directed activity.
4. School -age Child Care Facilities located
in public school buildings, as defined by and approved by the Department of
Education, shall be exempt from the following rules:
a. Sections 2(A)(6)(a), 2(C)(7), and 2(C)(8)
regarding code compliance;
b.
Section 7(C)(3)(b) regarding the requirement to have two staff people
present;
c. Section 14(A) (1-2)
regarding stairs;
d. Section 14(D)
regarding carbon monoxide detectors; and
e. Section 14(F)(2)(b) regarding
screens.
B.
Occasional Care Programs. Additional rules for Occasional Care
Programs: In addition to the preceding rules, Child Care Facilities providing
Occasional Care must comply with this section.
1. The facility must have a written procedure
to ensure that a Child is discharged only to the person who enrolls the Child
or to another individual authorized by the parent or guardian who enrolls that
Child.
2. The program must have a
means of identifying each Child while in care, by a nametag or other
method.
3. The program may only
administer rescue medications to Children in care, and only when the criteria
in Section 12(H)(1) are met.
4.
Occasional Care Programs are exempt from the following:
a. Section 5(D)(1)(c) and (d) regarding the
name, and phone number of the parents' place of employment); and
b. Section 5(D)(1)(j) regarding the name and
phone number of Child's physician and dentist.
c. Copy of financial agreement with Parent(s)
or Legal Guardian(s).
d. Section
5(D)(1)(i) requiring immunization records
e. Section 5(D)(1)(h) Dates of enrollment and
termination.
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