Section 110-301-0331 - Prohibited behavior, discipline, and physical removal of children(1) A school-age provider must take steps to prevent and, once aware of, must not tolerate: (a) Profanity, obscene language, "put downs," or cultural or racial slurs;(b) Angry or hostile interactions;(c) Threats of physical harm or inappropriate discipline such as, but not limited to, spanking, biting, jerking, kicking, hitting, slapping, grabbing, shaking, pulling hair, pushing, shoving, throwing a child, or inflicting pain or humiliation as a punishment;(d) Intimidation, gestures, or verbal abuse including sarcasm, name calling, shaming, humiliation, teasing, derogatory remarks about a child or the child's family;(e) Emotional abuse including victimizing, bullying, rejecting, terrorizing, extensive ignoring, or corrupting a child;(f) Prevent a child from or punish a child for exercising religious rights; or(g) Anyone to: (i) Restrict a child's breathing;(ii) Bind or restrict a child's movement unless permitted under WAC 110-301-0335;(iii) Tape a child's nose, mouth, or other body part;(iv) Deprive a child of sleep, food, clothing, shelter, physical activity, first aid, or regular or emergency medical or dental care;(v) Force a child to ingest something as punishment such as hot sauce or soap;(vi) Interfere with a child's ability to take care of their own hygiene and toileting needs;(vii) Withhold hygiene care, toileting care, or diaper changing from any child unable to provide such care for themselves;(viii) Expose a child to extreme temperatures as punishment;(ix) Demand excessive physical exercise or strenuous postures. Excessive physical exercise includes, but is not limited to, running laps around the yard until overly tired, an extensive number of push-ups, standing on one foot for an uncomfortable amount of time, or holding out one's arms until tired or painful;(x) Place the separated child in a closet, bathroom, locked room, outside, or in an unlicensed space; and(xi) Use a confining space or equipment to punish a child or restrict movement.(2) A school-age provider must supervise to protect children from the harmful acts of other children. A provider must immediately intervene when they become aware that a child or children are teasing, fighting, bullying, intimidating, or becoming physically aggressive.(3) A school-age provider may separate a child from other children when that child needs to regain control of themselves.(a) During separation time, the child must remain under the appropriate level of supervision of a licensee, program director, site director, lead teacher or an assistant teacher.(b) Separation time should be minimized and appropriate to the needs of the individual child.(4) If a child is separated from other children, a schoolage provider must: (a) Consider the child's developmental level, language skills, individual and special needs, and ability to understand the consequences of their actions; and(b) Communicate to the child the reason for being separated from the other children.(5) If a school-age provider follows all strategies in this section, and a child continues to behave in an unsafe manner, only a licensee, program director, site director, lead teacher, or an assistant teacher may physically remove the child to a less stimulating environment. Staff must remain calm and use a calm voice when directing or removing the child.Wash. Admin. Code § 110-301-0331
Adopted by WSR 21-10-035, Filed 4/27/2021, effective 6/1/2021