### Child Care Services Regulations 《幼兒服務規例》

32. Toilet facilities
(1) Every centre shall be provided with toilet facilities and sanitary arrangements of a type approved by the Director.
(2) Every room used for toilet facilities shall—
(a) be provided with an opening or openings into the external air having a total area of at least 1/10th of the area of the floor of the room;
(b) at all times be kept in a clean and sanitary condition;
(c) not be used for any other purposes; and
(d) have its floor and its walls to a height of not less than 1 m rendered in cement, mortar or other suitable impervious material. (L.N. 61 of 1977)

33. Water supply
An adequate and wholesome supply of water shall be provided in the premises of every centre.

34. Ablutions
(1) The premises of every centre shall be equipped with adequate washing and laundry facilities for children and employees.
(2) Every residential centre in premises designed and constructed for the purposes of a centre shall be equipped with adequate changing rooms and bathing facilities for the children and employees.

35. Meals
(1) All meals and refreshments provided for children in a centre shall be properly prepared from good quality and wholesome food, attractively served, and in sufficient quantity to meet the nutritional needs of the children and of a standard as set out in the Dietary Scales approved by the Director.
(2) The menu of the meals to be provided shall be prepared in advance and be available at all times for inspection by the Director or any inspector or medical officer.
(3) Any meal or refreshment provided for children in a centre shall be served to or, as appropriate, fed to the children in a manner that is appropriate to their age and development. (L.N. 272 of 1997)

36. Safety and hygiene
(1) The centre premises, furniture, furnishings, fittings, equipment, toys and materials to which the children have access therein shall be maintained in a safe, clean, and sanitary condition.
(2) The operator of the centre shall ensure that the requirements of paragraph (1) are complied with, and that, so far as is reasonably practicable, hazards to the safety of the children attending the centre are corrected, repaired, removed or made inaccessible to the children.
(3) The operator shall, if so required in writing by the Director, cause the whole or any part of the centre premises to be suitably colour-washed or painted.

### Child Care Services Regulations 《幼兒服務規例》

37. Furniture and equipment
(1) In every centre there shall be provided and maintained in good condition play equipment of types and of a quantity and variety considered by the Director to be adequate and suitable for the needs of the children.
(2) In every centre in which children who have attained the age of 2 years are being cared for, an adequate number of tables and chairs of suitable size for the use of such children shall be provided. The chairs shall be of such height as will permit the children to rest their feet on the floor and shall be so constructed as to give support to the children’s backs.
(3) In every centre in which children who have attained the age of 2 years are being cared for more than 4 hours in any day, there shall be provided, to the satisfaction of the Director, adequate opportunities and facilities for undisturbed rest by such children.
(4) Each child attending a centre—
(a) who is a resident thereof; or
(b) who is under the age of 2 years,
shall be provided with a cot or bed and bedding.
(5) Cots, beds and bedding provided in accordance with paragraph (4) shall be—
(a) of a type or design and of a material approved by the Director;
(b) washable;
(c) maintained in a clean condition, the bedding of each child being kept and stored under hygienic conditions.

38. Smoking and spitting
(1) No person shall smoke in the premises of any centre. (15 of 2005 s. 18)
(2) No person shall spit in the premises of any centre.

39. Heating
A centre shall be provided with an adequate and safe system of heating, to the satisfaction of the Director.

40. Medical examination of person or clothing of children
(1) Upon the request of a medical officer or a registered nurse authorized by him, the supervisor of a centre shall permit the medical officer or nurse to examine the person and clothing of any child.
(2) If on such examination the medical officer or nurse is of the opinion that the person or clothing of any child is infected with vermin or is in a foul condition, he may require the supervisor to exclude such child from the centre forthwith until such time as the person and clothing of the child have been cleansed to the satisfaction of a medical officer.

### Child Care Services Regulations 《幼兒服務規例》

41. Scheduled infectious diseases
(14 of 2008 s. 18)(1) If a medical officer certifies that any child or employee should be excluded from the centre by reason of suffering, or having recently suffered, from any scheduled infectious disease or by reason of having been in contact with or living in the same house as a person suffering from a scheduled infectious disease, the supervisor of the centre shall, if so required in writing by the medical officer, cause such child or employee to be excluded from the centre for such period as shall seem necessary.
(2) If the supervisor suspects or knows of a case of scheduled infectious disease amongst children or employees of a centre, or suspects or knows that any such person has been in contact with a case of scheduled infectious disease, he shall immediately so report to a medical officer.
(3) In this regulation, scheduled infectious disease (表列傳染病) has the same meaning as in the Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance (Cap. 599).
(14 of 2008 s. 18)

42. Medical examination of children and employees
(1) The Director may require any child or employee to submit to medical examination.
(2) The Director may, in respect of any child or employee, require the production of a medical certificate of fitness signed by a registered medical practitioner.
(3) The Director may require any employee to submit to an X-ray examination by a Government radiologist once every year, and may issue directions accordingly. (E.R. 3 of 2022)

43. First aid
(1) There shall be provided in the premises of every centre at least one first aid box.
(2) At least one employee in every centre shall hold a valid certificate of competency in first aid recognized by the Director for the purposes of these regulations. (L.N. 317 of 1982)
(3) First aid boxes shall be maintained fully equipped to the satisfaction of the Director at all times and so placed as to be inaccessible to the children.
(4) The Director may require the provision of a suitable room for medical inspection and first aid in the premises of any centre which has more than 20 children.
(5) Every centre shall be provided with a room suitable for the temporary isolation and care of at least one sick child. In any case of minor illness, all practicable steps shall be taken to isolate a sick child from the other children attending the centre and to ensure that the parent or guardian of the sick child is notified without delay.