Random IT Regulations | Nutrition | Safety | Supervision | Program Requirements |
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What are toilets and potty chairs?
Must be located separately from cooking, playing, sleeping or eating.
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What is a nutritious meal?
Provided in care for children in care for more than 4 hours a day.
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What electrical covers?
Protective caps, covers or permanently installed obstructive devices.
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What is prior written parental permission?
Doors to all rooms open, caregiver on same floor, and use of a functioning electronic monitor when a child is napping.
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What is placing an infant on their stomach, back or side?
Infants in care less than 6 months of age to move freely and interact socially, thus developing motor and social skills.
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What is methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training?
Those which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited.
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What is a microwave?
Prohibited due to hot spots in formula, breast milk, and other food items needed to be heated.
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What is a sturdy and stable based high chair?
Use with children who are able to sit up independently with a safety strap.
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What are physical proximity to child checks during nap/sleeping periods?
Every 15 minutes to assess the overall safety and well-being of children and to make sure infants' faces are uncovered.
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What is a sufficient quantity and variety of materials and play equipment?
Taking into consideration the child's developmental levels, interests, including children with developmental delays or disabilities, which promote the children's cognitive, educational, social, cultural, physical, emotional, language and recreational development.
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What is approval from the regional office?
An infant in care less than 6 weeks of age.
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What is adequate supplemental food?
Program does not supply meals and parent does not provide one or it is inadequate or of inadequate value.
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What are window and door blind cords, ropes, wires and other strangulation hazards?
Strangulation hazards which must be secured and inaccessible to children.
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What is using a bathroom independently and even on another floor for a short period of time without direct adult supervision?
Children who are able to toilet independently, including fastening and unfastening clothing, wiping themselves, flushing the toilet, and washing their hands.
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What is freedom of movement?
Environment designed to develop such skills as crawling, standing, walking and running.
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What is a car seat, baby swing, stroller, infant or bouncy seat?
Should a child fall asleep in one of these devices, he or she must be moved to a crib/cot or other approved sleeping surface.
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What are second helpings?
Programs must serve portions suitable for the size and age of the child, including infants. There must be a sufficient amount of food available to children.
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What are plastic bags?
Stored in a manner inaccessible to children in order to prevent suffocation.
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What is two children under the age of 2 years?
At least one caregiver present for every two children when care is provided for these age groups.
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What is between active and quiet play?
Children must be provided an opportunity to choose.
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What is placed flat on the infants back?
Sleep arrangements for infants through 12 months of age, unless medical information from the child's health care provider is presented to the program by the parent that show that arrangement is inappropriate for that child.
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What is written parental consent?
A newly enrolled infant in care or a change in an infants intake of breast milk, formula and feeding instructions.
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What is the original container?
Matches, lighters, medicines, drugs, detergents, aerosol cans and other poisonous or toxic material must be stored in an inaccessible manner.
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What cannot be used as a substitute for direct supervision of children?
Any electronic monitor or surveillance equipment used to take images, monitor or record children in day care.
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What is except for sleeping, awaking, or going to sleep?
An infant or toddler must not be in a crib, playpen, or other confined space for more than 30 minutes at any one time.
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