(A) The program shall be in compliance with
section
3717.41
3717.01 of the Revised Code.
(B)
The program is
not to allow screen time during meals and snacks.
(B)
(C)
The program shall
serve
provide snacks
and
meals to children who attend four or more hours in accordance with all of
the following:
(1) Snacks
served shall be of quantity, variety, and quality to
supplement food served at home so that the daily nutritional needs of the child
are met in accordance with required daily allowance as prescribed by
the U.S. department of agriculture meal patterns (August 2013,
www.fns.usda.gov/cacfp/meals-and-snacks). If a
child requires a modified diet that eliminates an entire food group, written
instructions from a physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse specialist
or certified nurse are to be obtained. To the extent possible, a family's
preferred dietary preferences (i.e. vegetarian, vegan) should be
accommodated.
(2)
Reconstituted dry powdered milk shall be used only for cooking and shall not be
used as a beverage.
(3) A choice
from two of the groups listed below must be served for snack:
(a) Meat/meat-equivalent group;
(b) Bread/bread-alternatives group;
(c) Milk group; or
(d) Fruit; or
/vegetable group.
(e)
Vegetable
group.
(4) Parents
may provide providing snacks and
meals
shall be
if they are provided information on nutritious snack
choices and procedures are in place to ensure a child
is provided food if a parent does not send snack or lunch for the
day.
(5)
The snack shall be served during the longest period
between meals.
(6)
Current menus for the entire week shall be posted in a
conspicuous place and shall reflect all meals and snacks to be served by the
program. Any substitute foods served shall be from the same basic food group
and shall be recorded on the posted menu on the day the substitute food is
served.
(C) The program shall provide meals
for children attending four hours or longer in accordance with all of the
following:
(1) Meals shall be of a quantity and
quality to supplement food served at home so that the daily nutritional needs
of the child are met in accordance with required daily allowances as prescribed
by the U.S. department of agriculture meal patterns (August 2013,
www.fns.usda.gov/cacfp/meals-and-snacks).
(2) Dry powdered milk shall be used
only for cooking and shall not be used as a beverage.
(3) Lunch shall be served to a
preschool child who is in attendance entirely through the hours of eleven a.m.
and one-thirty p.m., inclusively.
(4) The snack shall be served during
the longest period between meals.
(D) Current menus for the entire
week shall be posted in a conspicuous place and shall reflect all meals and
snacks to be served by the program. Any substitute foods served shall be from
the same basic food group and shall be recorded on the posted menu on the day
the substitute food is served.
(E)
(D)
Programs shall provide infant food and/or formula in accordance with all of the
following:
(1) Infant food and/or formula
provided by the parent shall be labeled with the child's name, date of
preparation, and immediately refrigerated, except for unopened commercially
prepared canned food or formula.
(2) If breast milk is provided by the parent
or guardian, it shall be labeled with the child's name, date expressed, date of
receipt, and shall be immediately refrigerated. Formula provided by the parent
shall be labeled with the child's name, the date of receipt, and immediately
refrigerated. Breast milk or formula shall not be stored for more than
twenty-four hours. The unused portion of formula, breast milk, or food
remaining in the container from which the infant has been directly fed shall
not be reheated or served a second time and shall be discarded.
(3) Infant food and formula shall be
prepared, stored, and served in a manner appropriate to the equipment use and
the needs of each individual child according to his stage of development and in
conformity with written instruction from the parent or physician in charge of
the child.
(4) Breast milk or
formula shall not be heated in a microwave oven.
(5) Food heated in a microwave oven shall be
stirred or shaken during heating to avoid uneven heating.
(6) Infants shall be held or fed sitting up,
and at no time should a bottle be propped.
(7) Programs that care for infants shall
provide commercially prepared iron fortified
formula to be used in the event that the parent does not provide a quantity of
formula sufficient to meet the infant's daily requirement.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code
3301-37-09
Effective:
7/1/2021
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
4/9/2021 and
07/01/2026
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: ORC 3301.07,
3301.53
Rule
Amplifies: ORC 3301.52 to
3301.59
Prior
Effective Dates: 08/05/1988, 05/28/2004, 06/25/2009,
07/03/2014
