Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-435

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 38, September 19, 2024

Section 28-4-435 - Programs serving children with special health care needs and disabilities

(a) Records. Each applicant with a temporary permit and each licensee shall maintain on file a copy of the most recent individual family service plan or individual education plan for each child with special health care needs and disabilities enrolled. The plan shall be reviewed by staff in the unit and in consultation with the child's parent or legal guardian upon enrollment and at least annually.

(b) Physical plant.

(1) Programs which include children who are nonambulatory shall be conducted on the ground floor. All exits and steps shall have ramps approved by a fire inspector.

(2) Each unit enrolling children with impaired mobility shall have 50 square feet of space for each child with impaired mobility.

(3) When children with impaired mobility are enrolled, toilets and sinks used for hand washing shall be designed to accommodate them.

(c) Each child with special health care needs or disabilities shall be allowed to utilize adaptive equipment as necessary.

(d) Each applicant with a temporary permit and each licensee enrolling children with special health care needs and disabilities shall determine, by an individual assessment of each child's needs, whether a lower staff-child ratio is required. The staff-child ratio shall allow the needs of all children enrolled to be met.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-435

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 65-508; effective May 1, 1983; amended by Kansas Register Volume 43, No. 29; effective 8/2/2024.