Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-3-505

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R9-3-505 - General Safety Standards

A. A certificate holder shall ensure that the following are cared for only on the ground floor of the child care group home's residence:

1. An enrolled infant,

2. An enrolled child younger than five years of age, and

3. An enrolled child who uses a wheelchair or is not able to walk.

B. Except as provided in subsection (A)(3), a certificate holder may allow a staff member to care for an enrolled child five years of age or older on a floor above or below the ground floor of the child care group home's residence if one of the two unobstructed, usable exits to the outside required in R9-3-501(A)(4) from the floor on which child care services are provided leads to the ground level outside without passing through the ground floor.

C. If the residence of a child care group home is a mobile home, a manufactured home, or a factory-built building, as defined in A.R.S. § 41-2142, the certificate holder shall ensure that:

1. The skirting around the mobile home, manufactured home, or factory-built building is permanently attached and surrounds the entire perimeter of the residence; and

2. Each stairway or ramp to the mobile home, manufactured home, or factory-built building has railings.

D. A certificate holder shall ensure that:

1. A stairway that leads to a floor or room outside of the areas of the child care group home approved for providing child care services is separated from the areas of the child care group home approved for providing child care services by either a door or gate that is kept closed during hours of operation;

2. A glass window, mirror, or other glass surface that is located lower than 36 inches above the floor, a sliding glass door, or another type of glass partition that is located lower than 36 inches above the floor:

a. Is made of safety glass that has been manufactured, fabricated, or treated to prevent the glass from shattering or flying when struck or broken;

b. Is shielded by a barrier to prevent impact by or physical injury to an enrolled child; or

c. Has conspicuous markings located at a child's eye level;

3. Firearms kept at the child care group home are unloaded, out of the view of enrolled children, and stored in separate locked areas, locked cabinets, or locked containers away from the locked areas, locked cabinets, or locked containers in which ammunition is stored;

4. The child care group home has at least one operable telephone available for use by a staff member;

5. Except as provided in R9-3-503(C)(4) and subsection (D)(6)(d), the following are stored in a labeled container separate from food storage areas and are inaccessible to an enrolled child:

a. Materials and chemicals labeled as a toxic substance, and

b. Substances that have a child warning label and may be a hazard to a child;

6. Flammable liquids are stored:

a. In an original container;

b. Separate from food storage areas;

c. Away from any heat-producing appliance or equipment, such as a water heater or furnace; and

d. Except for hand sanitizers being provided for use, in a location inaccessible to enrolled children;

7. Each window blind cord or curtain cord at the child care group home is anchored to a wall or inaccessible to an enrolled child;

8. Each fan in an area of the child care group home approved for providing child care services is inaccessible to an enrolled child; and

9. An enrolled child does not have access to the following on the premises:

a. Lawn mowers, ladders, toilet brushes, plungers, and other equipment that may be a hazard to a child;

b. An air conditioner, evaporative cooler, heat pump, or furnace;

c. A hot tub or spa;

d. A pond or fountain;

e. An irrigation ditch, abandoned mine, or well; or

f. A trampoline.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-3-505

New Section made by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 1214, effective September 1, 2004 (Supp. 04-1). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 17 A.A.R. 1530, effective September 30, 2011 (Supp. 11-3).