Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-5-304

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

Section R9-5-304 - Enrollment of Children

A. A licensee shall require that a child be enrolled by the child's parent or an individual authorized in writing by the parent.

B. Except as required in A.R.S. § 36-3009, before an enrolled child receives child care services, a licensee shall require the enrolled child's parent to complete a Department-provided Emergency, Information, and Immunization Record card that is signed by the enrolled child's parent containing:

1. The child's name, home address, city, state, zip code, home telephone number, sex, and date of birth;

2. The date of the child's enrollment;

3. The name, home address, city, state, zip code, and contact telephone number of each parent of the child;

4. The name and contact telephone number of at least two individuals authorized by the child's parent to collect the child from the facility in case of emergency, or if the child's parent cannot be contacted;

5. The name and contact telephone number of the child's health care provider;

6. The written authorization for emergency medical care of the enrolled child;

7. The name of the individual to be contacted in case of injury or sudden illness of the child;

8. The written instructions of a child's parent or health care provider for nutritional and dietary needs of the child including, if applicable, the request in R9-5-509(C)(9); and

9. A written record completed by the child's parent or health care provider noting the child's susceptibility to illness, physical conditions of which a staff member should be aware, and any individual requirements for health maintenance.

C. A licensee shall maintain a current Emergency, Information, and Immunization Record card for each enrolled child on facility premises in a place that provides a staff member ready access to the card in event of an emergency at, or evacuation of, the facility.

D. When an enrolled child is disenrolled from a facility, the licensee shall:

1. Enter the date of disenrollment on the child's Emergency, Information, and Immunization Record card; and

2. Maintain the records in subsection (D)(1) for 12 months after the date of disenrollment on facility premises in a place separate from the current Emergency, Information, and Immunization Record cards. If a licensee is a school governing board, a charter school, or a person operating multiple child care facilities, the licensee may maintain disenrollment records in a single central administrative office located in the same city, town, or school attendance area as the facility.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-5-304

Adopted effective December 12, 1986 (Supp. 86-6). Amended effective July 7, 1988 (Supp. 88-3). Section repealed; new Section adopted effective October 17, 1997 (Supp. 97-4). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 16 A.A.R. 1564, effective September 30, 2010 (Supp. 10-3).