Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.8155

Current through Vol. 24-21, December 1, 2024

Section R. 400.8155 - Child accidents and incidents; child and staff illness

Rule 155.

(1)A center shall have a written plan for how and when a parent is notified when personnel observe any of the following:

(a) Changes in a child's health.

(b) A child experiences an accident, injury, or incident.

(c) A child is too ill to remain in the group.

(2) A center shall ensure that a child who is too ill to remain in the group is placed in a separate area and is cared for and supervised until the parent arrives.

(3) Items and facilities used by an ill child or adult must not be used by any other individual until washed, rinsed, and sanitized.

(4) If a center becomes aware that a staff member, volunteer, or child in care has contracted a communicable disease, then the center shall notify parents and provide all of the following information:

(a) The name of the communicable disease the children were exposed to.

(b) The symptoms of the disease.

(c) Prevention measures as recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the following website: https://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions.

(5) A center shall have a written policy detailing when children, staff, and volunteers will be excluded from the center due to illness.

Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.8155

2013 AACS; 2020 MR 23, Eff. 12/18/2019