8 Va. Admin. Code § 20-790-300 - Supervision and ratio requirements
A. A caregiver shall be physically present on
site and provide direct care and supervision of each child at all times. Direct
care and supervision of each child includes:
1. Awareness of and responsibility for each
child in care, including being near enough to intervene if needed;
and
2. Monitoring of each sleeping
infant in one of the following ways:
a. By
placing each infant for sleep in a location where the infant is within sight
and hearing of a caregiver;
b. By
in-person observation of each sleeping infant at least once every 15 minutes;
or
c. By using a baby
monitor.
B.
Caregivers shall actively supervise each child during outdoor play to minimize
the risk of injury to a child.
C. A
caregiver may allow only school age children to play outdoors while the
caregiver is indoors if the caregiver can hear the children playing
outdoors.
D. No child less than
five years of age or a child older than five years who lacks the motor skills
and strength to avoid accidental drowning, scalding, or falling while bathing
shall be left unattended while in the bathtub.
E. An additional caregiver will be needed to
supervise the number of children at a given time when, using the following
point system, 16 points is exceeded:
1.
Children from birth through 15 months of age count as four points
each;
2. Children from 16 months
through 23 months of age count as three points each;
3. Children from two years through four years
of age count as two points each;
4.
Children from five years through nine years of age count as one point each;
and
5. Children who are 10 years of
age and older count as zero points.
F. A vendor's own children and resident
children under eight years of age shall count in point calculations.
G. In accordance with §
22.1-289.02
of the Code of Virginia, no family day home shall care for more than four
children less than the age of two years, including the provider's own children
and any children who reside in the home, unless the family day home is licensed
or voluntarily registered.
Notes
Statutory Authority: §§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-289.046 of the Code of Virginia.
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