La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CLXI-1905

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section CLXI-1905 - Nighttime Care for Children

A. All minimum standards for early learning centers apply to centers that care for children after 9 p.m. and prior to 5 a.m., and in which no individual child remains for more than 24 hours in one continuous day.

B. The following minimum standards also apply:

1. there shall be an employee on duty designated as staff-in-charge;

2. in addition to meeting all required staff to child ratios in §1711, there shall always be a minimum of two staff members present;

3. staff counted for purposes of meeting child to staff ratio shall be awake;

4. meals shall be served to children at ordinary meal times;

5. time for personal care routines and preparation for sleep, such as brushing teeth, washing hands and face, toileting and changing clothes shall be provided;

6. each child shall have a separate, age appropriate bed or cot with mat or mattress;

7. bunk beds are prohibited;

8. physical restraints shall not be used to confine children to bed; and

9. the centers entrance and drop off zones shall be well lighted during hours of operation.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CLXI-1905

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 41637 (April 2015). effective 7/1/2015.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:407.40(A)(1).