N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:52-8.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

Section 3A:52-8.4 - Requirements for additional physical facilities for centers serving sick children

(a) There shall be a minimum of 50 square feet of net indoor floor space for each child.

(b) An individual room or a specific area within a large room, which is separated from other areas of the room by a partition or room divider, shall be available to separate and prevent contact between children who have different illnesses, symptoms of illness, or diseases.

(c) Centers whose policies allow for the care of children who have chicken pox or other illnesses that require isolation shall provide an isolation room for these children. Each isolation room shall have the following:

1. Continuous barriers that are floor to ceiling in height; and

2. Its own toilet facility, unless children using the isolation room can reach and use another toilet facility without coming into contact with other children.

(d) The center shall provide soap for handwashing from a liquid soap dispenser.

(e) Centers that serve only sick children shall not be required to have the following:

1. An outdoor space for the children's physical activities or its equivalent, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.4(a)7; and

2. A room or area in a separate section of the center for children who become ill, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(q)4.

(f) Centers that have a sick child care component, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-8.1(a)2, shall use separate play rooms and areas and separate toilet facilities for sick and well children.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:52-8.4

Administrative Change, 49 N.J.R. 98a.

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 413(a), effective 3/6/2017