Section R381-70-13 - Child Safety and Injury Prevention(1) The provider shall ensure that children and staff use the building, outdoor area, toys, and equipment safely and as intended by the manufacturer to prevent injury to children.(2) The provider shall ensure that poisonous and harmful plants are inaccessible to children.(3) The provider shall ensure that razors and other similar blades are inaccessible to children.(4) The provider shall ensure that strangulation hazards including ropes, cords, chains, and wires attached to a structure and long enough to encircle a child's neck are inaccessible to children.(5) The provider shall ensure that tripping hazards including unsecured flooring, rugs with curled edges, or cords in walkways are inaccessible to children.(6) The provider shall ensure that exits are free of any blocking objects.(7) The provider shall ensure that standing water that measures two inches or deeper and five by five inches or greater in diameter is inaccessible to children.(8) The provider shall ensure that toxic or hazardous chemicals including cleaners, insecticides, lawn products, and flammable, corrosive, and reactive materials are: (a) inaccessible to children;(b) used according to manufacturer instructions;(c) stored in containers labeled with the contents of the container; and(d) disposed of properly.(9) The provider shall ensure that the following items are inaccessible to children: (a) matches or cigarette lighters;(c) hot wax or other hot substances; and(d) when in use, portable space heaters, wood burning stoves, and fireplaces.(10) The provider shall ensure that live electrical wires are inaccessible to children.(11) Unless used and stored as allowed by any state or federal law, the provider shall ensure that firearms including guns, muzzleloaders, rifles, shotguns, hand guns, pistols, and automatic guns are: (a) locked in a cabinet or area using a key, combination lock, or fingerprint lock; and(b) stored unloaded and separate from ammunition.(12) The provider shall ensure that weapons including paintball guns, BB guns, airsoft guns, sling shots, arrows, and mace are inaccessible to children.(13) The provider shall ensure that alcohol, illegal substances, and sexually explicit material are inaccessible, and not used on the premises, during offsite activities, or in center vehicles any time a child is present.(14) The provider shall ensure that an outdoor source of drinking water, including individually labeled water bottles, a pitcher of water and individual cups, or a working water fountain is available to each child when the outside temperature is 75 degrees or higher.(15) The provider shall ensure that areas accessible to children are free of heavy or unstable objects that children could pull down on themselves, including furniture, unsecured televisions, and standing ladders.(16) The provider shall ensure that hot water accessible to children does not exceed 120 degrees Fahrenheit.(17) The provider shall ensure that tobacco, e-cigarettes, e-juice, e-liquids, and similar products are inaccessible and, in compliance with Title 26, Chapter 38, Utah Indoor Clean Air Act, are not used:(a) in the facility or any other building when a child is present;(b) in any vehicle that is being used to transport children;(c) within 25 feet of any entrance to the facility or other building occupied by children; or(d) in any outdoor area or within 25 feet of any outdoor area occupied by children.Utah Admin. Code R381-70-13
Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2015-10, effective 5/1/2015Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2016-4, effective 1/31/2016Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2018-1, effective 12/28/2017Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2018-16, effective 8/10/2018Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-05, effective 2/25/2020Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-17, effective 9/1/2020Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-22, effective 11/9/2023