Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.1921

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

Section R. 400.1921 - Water hazards; water activities

Rule 21.

(1) A licensee shall ensure that barriers exist to prevent children from gaining access to any swimming pool, drainage ditch, well, natural or constructed pond, or other body of open water located on or adjacent to the property where the child care home is located. These barriers must be a minimum of 4 feet in height and appropriately secured to prevent children from gaining access to such areas.

(2) A hot tub or spa pool must not be used when children are in care.

(3) A hot tub or spa pool, whether indoors or outdoors, must be made inaccessible to children in care by the use of a locked hard cover.

(4) A wading pool may be used when all of the following requirements are met:

(a) It is clean and free of debris.

(b) It is emptied and cleaned after each play period or immediately when it becomes dirty or contaminated.

(c) It remains empty at all times when not in use.

(5) Before use of a residential pool or any other body of water by children in care, a licensee shall ensure that the water is clean, safe, and sanitary, and that the children will be appropriately and adequately supervised.

(6) Public swimming areas may be used only if a lifeguard is present.

(7) If there are 2 groups of children, 1 group in the water and 1 group out of the water, then the personnel to child ratios, as required in R 400.1910, must be maintained for each group, with the exception that the personnel to child ratio for children under 3 years of age who are in the water must be 1-to-1 at all times.

(8) Rescue equipment must be readily accessible at all times.

(9) A working telephone must be immediately accessible in the water activity area.

(10) A licensee shall obtain and keep on file written permission from a child's parent for the child's participation in either of the following:

(a) Before each outdoor water activity at a swimming pool, lake, or other body of water off the child care home premises.

(b) Once per season for water activities occurring on the child care home premises.

(11) The emergency plan in R 400.1945 must include procedures for water emergencies.

Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.1921

2005 AACS; 2009 AACS; 2020 MR 23, Eff. 12/13/2019