Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 428 - Youth Camp Licensing Regulations › Section 19a-428-2 - Administration and Staffing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The licensee
			 shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of this section and
			 sections 19a-428-3 to
			 19a-428-7, inclusive, of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and chapter 368r of the Connecticut
			 General Statutes. Unless otherwise specified in this section and sections
			 19a-428-3 to
			 19a-428-7, inclusive, of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the licensee or the licensee's
			 designee shall respond to the Office's requests for information or
			 documentation related to compliance with this section and sections
			 19a-428-3 to
			 19a-428-7, inclusive, of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and chapter 368r of the Connecticut
			 General Statutes within the time period and in the manner specified by the
			 Office. The licensee or the licensee's designee shall not furnish or make any
			 false or misleading statements to the Office in order to obtain or retain the
			 license.
(b) The licensee shall
			 provide staff, programs and services to meet the needs of all campers. All
			 staff shall have the personal qualities necessary to care for and work with
			 children and relate to adults.
(c)
			 Each youth camp shall have a youth camp director who shall be at least
			 twenty-one years of age. Except for those persons who have already served at
			 least one summer as a youth camp director, any person serving as a youth camp
			 director shall have had at least sixteen weeks administrative or supervisory
			 experience in an organized youth camp or, in lieu thereof, equivalent
			 administrative or supervisory training or experience in an organized youth
			 program as determined by the Office.
(1) The
			 youth camp director shall be responsible for the supervision of the campers at
			 all times while the campers are at the youth camp, indoors or outdoors or on
			 excursions. An assistant director, acting in the youth camp director's absence,
			 shall meet the qualifications of this subsection and shall comply with all
			 requirements applicable to the youth camp director.
(2) The youth camp director, or the youth
			 camp director's designee, shall make arrangements to escort the Office's
			 inspector around the youth camp premises and to supply the Office's inspector
			 during an inspection or investigation with any information, documents or
			 materials necessary to comply with the inspection or investigation. The youth
			 camp director or, in the absence of the youth camp director, the assistant
			 director shall be familiar with all of the activities offered at the youth camp
			 during the period of the youth camp's license, and have immediate access to all
			 records and facilities utilized for all activities offered during the period of
			 the youth camp's license.
(3) The
			 youth camp director shall be responsible at all times for the health, comfort
			 and safety of campers and staff.
(4) The youth camp director shall be
			 responsible for the implementation of the youth camp's plans, policies and
			 procedures developed by the licensee. The licensee shall be responsible for
			 developing all plans, policies and procedures required pursuant to sections
			 19a-428-3 to
			 19a-428-7, inclusive, of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.