8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1402-1-2.508

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024

Section 8 CCR 1402-1-2.508 - REQUIRED PERSONNEL AND QUALIFICATIONS

A. Program Director

Each center must have an on-site program director who must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age. The program director must have demonstrated to the hiring authority maturity of judgment, administrative ability, and the skill to appropriately supervise and direct school-age children in an unstructured setting.

1. The program director must have verifiable education or training in work with school-age children in such areas as recreation, education, scouting or 4-H; and the program director must have completed at least one (1) of the following qualifications:

a. A four (4) year college degree with a major such as recreation, outdoor education, education with a specialty in art, elementary or early childhood education, or a subject in the human service field;

b. Two years of college training and six (6) months (910 hours) of satisfactory and verifiable full-time or equivalent part-time, paid or volunteer, experience, since attaining the age of eighteen (18), in the care and supervision of four (4) or more children; or

c. Three years (5,460 hours) of satisfactory and verifiable full-time or equivalent part-time, paid or volunteer, experience and one of the following qualifications:

1. Complete six (6) semester hours, or nine (9) quarter hours in course work from a regionally accredited college or university; or

2. Forty (40) clock hours of training in course work applicable to school-age children and the Department-approved courses in injury prevention, and playground safety for School-Aged Child Care Centers within the first nine (9) months of employment.

2. Satisfactory experience includes experience in the care and supervision of four (4) or more children from the ages of four (4) to eighteen (18) years old, unrelated to the individual, since attaining the age of eighteen (18).

3. The program director is responsible for planning and implementing the program and supervising the staff.

B. Program Leaders

Each program leader must be at least eighteen (18) years of age, demonstrate ability to work with children, and must meet the following qualifications:

1. Complete the Department-approved course in injury prevention;

2. Complete the Department-approved course in playground safety for School-Aged Child Care Centers. This requirement does not apply to day camps that do not regularly use a playground; and

3. Must have at least three (3) months (460 hours) of full-time or equivalent part-time satisfactory and verifiable experience with school-age children.

C. Program Aides

1. Program aides must be at least sixteen (16) years of age. Program aides must work directly under the supervision of the program director or program leaders and must never be left alone with children.

2. Program aides can be counted as staff in determining child care staff ratios.

D. Department-approved Child Care Health Consultant

1. As required by these rules, staff must consult with a current Department-approved Colorado Child Care Health Consultant. To be approved, the Child Care Health Consultant must be one of the following: a licensed registered nurse with knowledge and experience in maternal and child health; a pediatric nurse practitioner; a family nurse practitioner; or a pediatrician. The consultation must be specific to the needs of the center and include some of the following topics: training; delegation and supervision of medication administration and special health procedures; health care; hygiene; disease prevention; equipment safety; interaction between children and adult caregivers; and normal growth and development. Consultation must occur as often as the child care health consultant who is delegating medications and/or medical procedures requires.

2. The date and content of each consultation must be recorded and maintained in the center's files.

3. The center must maintain documentation including the child care health consultant's Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) proof of active licensure in good standing, by the Colorado Medical Board or State Board of Nursing as a physician or registered nurse, a brief biography highlighting applicable knowledge, experience and approximate dates worked as a school nurse or Child Care health Consultant commenced.

4. Child care health consultants must complete the Department- approved child care health consultant training prior to consulting with the center. The center must obtain and maintain proof of course completion.

5. All Child Care Health Consultants must show evidence they have completed the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) immunization course annually.

E. Employment of maintenance staff, including kitchen service, grounds, and housekeeping employees less than sixteen (16) years of age, must be in compliance with Colorado labor laws.

F. At least one staff member with current Department-approved medication administration training and delegation must be on duty at all times.

G. First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certified Staff

1. For every thirty (30) or fewer children in attendance, there must be at least one (1) staff member who holds current Department-approved First Aid and CPR certificate for all ages of children. Such individuals must be with the children at all times when the center is in operation. If children are at different locations, there must be a First Aid and CPR qualified staff member at each location.

2. In a day camp, all staff members who are eighteen (18) years of age and older must have current Department-approved First Aid and CPR certificates. Uncertified staff members must work with another certified staff member.

3. All employees caring for children, not required by rule to be certified in First Aid and CPR, must complete a Department-approved basic First Aid and CPR module within thirty (30) calendar days of employment and the module must be renewed every two (2) years.

8 CCR 1402-1-2.508

46 CR 22, November 25, 2023, effective 12/15/2023