Nev. Admin. Code § 432A.438

Current through August 29, 2024

Section 432A.438 - Facilities for special events: Requirements for care of children; records; procedures for emergencies; field trips

1. Child care that is provided by a facility for special events may be provided only:

(a) To the children of persons who are attending the special event; and

(b) On the dates on which the special event is occurring and may not be provided for more than:

(1) Seven days; and

(2) Ten hours in 1 day.

2. A parent of a child who is receiving child care services from a facility for special events must provide to the facility the full name, address and telephone number or pager number of at least two persons who may be contacted by the facility in an emergency involving the child.

3. A facility for special events shall provide and accurately maintain a sheet for signing children and members of the staff in and out of the facility.

4. A facility for special events must be physically located in such a manner that any sale or dispensing of alcohol and any participation in gaming ventures are obscured from the view and hearing of the children in the facility.

5. The records of the children receiving child care from a facility for special events must be maintained on-site at the facility. A parent of a child receiving care from a facility for special events must provide proper photo identification to remove the child from the facility. The facility will allow a child to be removed from the facility by a parent of the child only if the parent:

(a) Provides the facility with proper photo identification; and

(b) Is preauthorized as a person who is allowed to remove the child from the facility.

6. Any immunization records required by NRS 432A.230 for enrollment in a facility for special events may be sent by facsimile to the facility.

7. Each facility for special events shall ensure that a parent of a child is notified upon checking the child into the facility of an off-site emergency location where the children receiving care at the facility will be taken if the facility is evacuated. The emergency location must:

(a) Be predetermined by the facility after consultation with and approval of the security department of the business at which the special event is being held, if any; and

(b) Not be above the main floor of the facility at which the special event is being held.

8. Each facility for special events shall ensure that a manager who is 21 years of age or older is on duty at the specific area in which child care is being provided at all times that child care is being provided by the facility.

9. Each facility for special events shall ensure that a child who is receiving child care from the facility and who is 5 years of age or less does not participate in any field trips sponsored by the facility unless the child is accompanied by a parent.

10. A facility for special events shall submit to the Division a program plan for each field trip the facility plans at least 14 days before the field trip is to occur. The plan must include, without limitation:

(a) The company that will be providing the transportation;

(b) An itinerary of the field trip;

(c) An estimated time of departure for and return from the field trip;

(d) The plan for food service, which must comply with any applicable requirements of state and local health agencies;

(e) The approximate ages and number of children who will be participating in the field trip;

(f) Lists for the members of the staff of the facility that identify the group of children for whom each member of the staff will be responsible during the field trip;

(g) A system of identification that will be prominently displayed and will assist each member of the staff in readily identifying each child who is in the group of children for whom the member of the staff of the facility will be responsible during the field trip;

(h) Copies of the notices of the field trip that were sent to and authorized by a parent of each child who will be participating in the field trip; and

(i) For each child who will be participating in the field trip:

(1) The telephone number and names of at least two persons who may be contacted by the facility in an emergency involving the child; and

(2) A statement signed by a parent of the child indicating that the child does not have any health issues that would prevent the child from participating in the field trip.

Nev. Admin. Code § 432A.438

Added to NAC by Bd. for Child Care by R112-06, eff. 4-23-2009

NRS 432A.077