Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-127

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 28-4-127 - Telephone; emergency medical treatment; reporting requirements

Each applicant with a tempo- rary permit and each licensee shall ensure that the requirements of this regulation are met.

(a) Telephone. A working telephone shall be on the premises and available for use at all times. Emergency telephone numbers shall be readily accessible or be posted next to the telephone for the police, fire department, ambulance, hospital or hospitals, and poison control center.

(b) Emergency medical treatment.

(1) The following documentation shall be on file at the facility, residential center, or group boarding home for each child:

(A) Written permission of the parent or legal guardian for emergency medical treatment on a form that meets the requirements of the hospital or clinic where emergency medical care will be given; and

(B) the name and telephone number of a physician and hospital preference.

(2) Residential centers and group boarding homes providing emergency care shall be exempt from K.A.R. 28-4-127(b)(l)(A).

(3) Provisions shall be made at a hospital or medical clinic for emergency treatment for children in care.

(4) The medical record and emergency medical treatment form shall be taken to the hospital or medical clinic with any child needing emergency medical treatment.

(5) When a staff member accompanies a child to emergency medical treatment, that individual shall remain with the child until the child's parent or legal guardian assumes responsibility for the child. The individual's absence shall not compromise the supervision of the other children in the facility.

(c) Reporting illnesses, injuries, and deaths.

(1) Residential centers and group boarding homes. Each applicant with a temporary permit and each licensee for each residential center or group boarding home shall:

(A) Have on file at the residential center or group boarding home written policies on reporting of illnesses and injuries of adults and children. The policies shall be approved by the Kansas department for children and families.

(B) Report any injury or illness which results in the death of a child in care to the Kansas department for children and families by the next working day.

(2) Facilities. Each applicant with a temporary permit and each licensee for each facility shall:

(A) Report by the end of the same day to the parent or legal guardian of each injury of a child which requires any first aid provided by an individual caring for children.

(B) Immediately notify the parent or legal guardian if a child becomes ill while attending the program.

(C) Report if an applicant with a temporary permit, a licensee, a staff member, or a child in care contracts an infectious or contagious disease listed in K.A.R. 28-1-2. The report shall be made by the next working day to the secretary's designee who serves the county in which the facility is located.

(D) Fully cooperate with any investigation, disease control, or surveillance procedures initiated by the local health department or the department.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-127

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 65-508; effective May 1, 1986; amended May 1, 1987; amended Feb. 26, 1990; amended by Kansas Register Volume 43, No. 29; effective 8/2/2024.