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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 2 - Administration › 7 AAC 57.230 - Records

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A child care facility shall
(1) create written records necessary to
				  demonstrate compliance with the applicable requirements of AS 47.32,
				  7 AAC 10.1000 -
				  7 AAC 10.1095, and this chapter;
(2) retain records created under (1) of this
				  subsection for at least three years from the date of each record's creation;
				  and
(3) permit the department to
				  review records, including personnel and evaluation records and applicable
				  portions of board or other governing body minutes, to determine compliance with
				  AS 47.32, 7 AAC 10.1000 -
				  7 AAC 10.1095, and this chapter.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 2 - Administration › 7 AAC 57.240 - Reports

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to the notice of changes
				  required by
				  AS
				  47.32.200, and the notification requirements
				  of 7 AAC 10.925, a child care facility
				  shall report to the department
(1) within 14
				  days, the addition, for 45 or more days in a 12-month period, of a member of
				  the licensee's household; and
(2)
				  not later than 30 days before one of the following planned changes is expected
				  to occur:
(A) a change in the person
				  operating the facility;
(B) a
				  change in the name of the person operating the facility;
(C) a change in the name of the
				  facility;
(D) a change of
				  administrator;
(E) a change in the
				  age of children served;
(F) a
				  change in the number of children in care authorized by the facility's
				  license;
(G) a change in hours of
				  operation;
(H) the deletion or
				  addition of a specialization under
				  7 AAC 57.800 -
				  7 AAC 57.810;
(3) the permanent departure of an individual,
				  age 16 or older, associated with a child care facility in a manner described in
				  7 AAC 10.900(b); and
(4) a change in the plan of operation or
				  other information included in the application submitted under
				  7 AAC 57.030.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 57.300 - Qualifications of an administrator

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  administrator of a child care center, child care group home, or child care home
				  must be at least 21 years of age.
(b) An administrator must
(1) have an understanding of the development
				  of children;
(2) have the ability
				  to care for children; and
(3) have
				  the skills to work with children, family members, department staff, community
				  agencies, and, if applicable, staff of the child care facility.
(4) have the skills necessary to handle
				  finances and plan and evaluate programs.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 57.310 - Qualifications and responsibilities of employees and other individuals in a child care facility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An individual associated with a child
				  care facility in a manner described in
				  7 AAC 10.900(b) must be a responsible
				  individual of reputable character who exercises sound judgment.
(b) An individual associated with a child
				  care facility in a manner described in
				  7 AAC 10.900(b) is subject to the
				  applicable requirements of
				  AS
				  47.05.300-47.05.390 and
				  7 AAC 10.900 -
				  7 AAC 10.990 (barrier crimes and conditions; background
				  checks). In addition, an individual may not work, with or without compensation,
				  or reside in a child care facility or in any other part of the premises that
				  house a child care facility, if the individual has the opportunity to gain
				  access to the facility and
(1) under 7 AAC 10.915 (background check) the department determines that a barrier crime or
				  condition described in 7 AAC 10.905 exists with respect to the
				  individual;
(2) the individual is
				  out of compliance with the association requirements described in 7 AAC 10.915(g) and 7 AAC 10.935(m);
(3)
				  a variance for the individual has been denied under 7 AAC 10.930 and 7 AAC 10.935;
(4) a variance for the
				  individual bas been revoked under 7 AAC 10.945;
(5) the individual has a physical health
				  problem, behavioral health problem, or domestic violence problem that poses a
				  significant risk to the health, safety, or welfare of children in care;
				  or
(6) the individual was the
				  subject of a final adverse licensing action under
				  AS
				  47.32.130 or
				  47.32.140(d)(5),(6),(7),or
				  (9).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 57.315 - Child protection and background check requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An individual
				  associated with a child care facility in a manner described in
				  7 AAC 10.900(b) is subject to the
				  applicable requirements of
				  AS
				  47.05.300-47.05.390 and
				  7 AAC 10.900 -
				  7 AAC 10.990 ((barrier crimes and conditions; background
				  checks).
(b) A child care facility
				  and the department may require that an individual associated with a child care
				  facility in a manner described in
				  7 AAC 10.900(b) provide an evaluation
				  from a probation officer, health professional, or mental health professional
				  affirming that the individual is free from problems that might pose a
				  significant risk to the health, safety, or welfare of a child in the
				  facility.
(c) A child care facility
				  shall ensure that individuals in the facility do not abuse or neglect a child
				  in its care or engage in an exploitive or sexual act with a child in its
				  care.
(d) In addition to the
				  background check required under
				  7 AAC 10.900 -
				  7 AAC 10.990, the department may review the following
				  available records of each caregiver, employee, and other individual, age 16 or
				  older, who is associated with a child care facility in a manner described in
				  7 AAC 10.900(b):
(1) child protection records;
(2) an evaluation, if requested under (b) of
				  this section;
(3) child care
				  licensing records.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 57.320 - Caregiver age requirements and additional qualifications for adolescent caregivers

Current through May 31, 2024
A caregiver in a child care facility must be at least 18
					 years of age to be counted toward meeting the child-to-caregiver ratio
					 requirements of
					 7 AAC 57.505, except that in a child care center a
					 caregiver at least 16 years of age and younger than 18 years of age may be
					 counted if
(1) the caregiver has
				  completed a child care training course or has demonstrated competency in child
				  care to the administrator's satisfaction;
(2) the caregiver works under supervision of
				  an adult caregiver;
(3) the
				  caregiver works within sight or sound of an adult caregiver; and
(4) caregivers younger than 18 years of age
				  make up no more than one-fourth of the total caregiving staff on
				  duty.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.32.010
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 57.330 - Additional employee qualifications for child care centers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A child care
				  center shall have at least one child care associate on-site and available for
				  each 30 children who are present at the child care center. Each child care
				  associate must be designated on a form prescribed by the department.
(b) A child care associate must meet the age
				  requirements, qualifications, and college credit, CDA or Montessori credential,
				  and continuing education requirements for an administrator under
				  7 AAC 57.300(a), (b), (d), and (e).
(c) A child care center may designate an
				  on-site administrator to serve in the role of a child care associate for the
				  first 30 children who are present at the child care center.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.32.010
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 57.340 - Supervision of employees

Current through May 31, 2024
A child care facility with one or more employees shall
					 ensure that an inexperienced caregiver has met the requirements under
					 7 AAC 57.350 and is supervised by an experienced
					 caregiver until the inexperienced caregiver is able to safeguard the health,
					 safety, and welfare of the children in care.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS
						47.32.010
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 57.350 - Orientation and training

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A child care
				  facility with one or more employees shall provide an orientation to each
				  caregiver that relates to the caregiver's duties and responsibilities and that
				  includes
(1) the facility's policies and
				  procedures;
(2) where appropriate,
				  satisfying the individual needs of children;
(3) emergency procedures;
(4) an overview of the following required
				  health and safety trainings, appropriate to the child care facility type
				  described in
				  7 AAC 57.010(b)(2) and age of children
				  served, which must be obtained from a training program approved by the
				  department:
(A) prevention and control of
				  infectious diseases, including immunizations;
(B) prevention of sudden infant death
				  syndrome, and use of safe sleeping practices for children of all
				  ages;
(C) administration of
				  medication, consistent with standards for parental consent;
(D) prevention of and response to emergencies
				  due to food and allergic reactions;
(E) building and physical premises safety,
				  including identification of and protection from hazards, bodies of water, and
				  vehicular traffic;
(F) prevention
				  of shaken baby syndrome, abusive head trauma, and child maltreatment;
(G) emergency preparedness and response
				  planning for emergencies resulting from a natural disaster or a human-caused
				  event (such as violence at a child care facility), including procedures for
				  evacuation, relocation, shelter-in-place), and lock down; ' staff and volunteer
				  emergency preparedness training and practice drills; communication and
				  reunification with families; continuity of operations; and accommodation of
				  infants "and toddlers, children with disabilities, and children with chronic
				  medical conditions; in this subparagraph, "natural disaster" means a hurricane,
				  tornado, storm, flood, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami,
				  earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, drought, fire,
				  or other catastrophe in any part of the United States which causes, or which
				  may cause, substantial damage or injury to civilian property or
				  persons;
(H) handling and storage
				  of hazardous materials and the appropriate disposal of bio
				  contaminants;
(I) appropriate
				  precautions in transporting children, if applicable;
(J) pediatric first aid and pediatric
				  cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR);
(K) recognition and reporting of child abuse
				  and neglect under state and local law; and
(5) the applicable requirements of
				  7 AAC 10.1000 -
				  7 AAC 10.1095 and 7 AAC 57.005 -
				  7 AAC 57.810.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 4 - Admission › 7 AAC 57.400 - Admission and planning for care

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A child care
				  facility shall
(1) at or before a child's
				  admission to the facility, obtain emergency information about the child from
				  the child's parent, including
(A) information
				  about any drug or other allergies;
(B) information about any medication the
				  child is taking or medical or other treatment the child requires;
(C) information on how to contact the child's
				  parent and at least one other local emergency contact individual;
(D) permission slips for emergency transport
				  to health care facilities and for the provision of emergency care, signed by
				  the parent;
(E) permission for
				  emergency treatment, signed by the parent; and
(F) a hospital and physician of choice as
				  designated by the parent;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 4 - Admission › 7 AAC 57.410 - Information for parents

Current through May 31, 2024
At or before a child's admission, a child care facility
					 shall supply a parent with the following information in writing:
(1) enrollment requirements and
				  procedures;
(2) fees and payment
				  requirements;
(3) hours and days of
				  operation, including holidays;
(4)
				  in a child care center, a summary of the plan for supervision required by
				  7 AAC 57.500;
(5) number and ages of children
				  served;
(6) policy and provisions
				  for ill children, including parent or guardian permission for medication, if
				  applicable;
(7) a typical daily
				  schedule of activities for each age group of children in care;
(8) television and movie viewing, video
				  games, and computer use policy in compliance with
				  7 AAC 57.520(a) (3) and (4);
(9) behavior guidance practices in compliance
				  with 7 AAC 57.535;
(10) cold weather outdoor play
				  policy;
(11) a list of examples of
				  meals and snacks served;
(12)
				  parental permission policy for activities away from the facility;
(13) transportation arrangements, if
				  any;
(14) parental access and
				  visiting policy;
(15) the use of
				  substitute, emergency, and volunteer caregivers;
(16) information provided by the department
				  about the parent's role to help ensure a reasonably safe and developmentally
				  appropriate environment, and about the complaint investigation role of the
				  department, and contact information for the nearest department
				  office;
(17) parent notification
				  policy on significant changes in the information addressed in this
				  subsection.
(18) suspension and
				  expulsion policy in compliance with behavior guidance practices in
				  7 AAC 57.535.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS
						47.32.010
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 57.500 - Supervision of children

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A child care
				  facility shall ensure that the children in its care receive responsible
				  supervision appropriate to their age and developmental needs. A child care
				  facility shall create a staffing plan, if applicable, and a plan for
				  supervision of children. In its plan for supervision, a child care center shall
				  include indoor, outdoor, and high-risk area supervision, caregiver-to-child
				  ratios, field trips, and a description of the way in which the requirements of
				  (b) of this section will be met.
(b) A child care facility shall ensure that
				  children are always under supervision by a caregiver, except when providing a
				  degree of freedom to a school-age child appropriate to the child's age and
				  developmental level. A school-age child is permitted to participate in
				  activities and visit friends away from the child care facility's premises as
				  approved by the child's parents and the child care facility. The facility shall
				  document this approval under (j) of this section.
(c) A child care center shall ensure that
(1) children are supervised at all times,
				  including when the children are sleeping;
(2) caregivers are within the same room as
				  and within sight or sound of children, except as permitted by (d)(2) of this
				  section;
(3) caregivers know the
				  whereabouts of the children in their care at all times.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 57.505 - Child-to-caregiver ratios

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For child care
				  homes,
(1) the home shall have at least one
				  caregiver, who may also be the administrator, and may provide care for not more
				  than a total of eight children younger than 13 years of age, including the
				  caregiver's children younger than 13 years of age; and
(2) of the total children in care, not more
				  than three of the total may be younger than 30 months of age, and not more than
				  two of the total may be nonambulatory.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 57.510 - Maximum group size in child care centers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A child care
				  center shall organize its learning environment so that children may participate
				  in activities individually and in small groups, so that the development of each
				  child is supported.
(b) A child
				  care center shall provide environmental cues to children to indicate an
				  interest or activity center and to facilitate a limited number of children at
				  the interest or activity center. Environmental cues include the use of visible
				  barriers, partitions, colored rugs, and tables with a limited number of
				  chairs.
(c) A child care center
				  shall assign one or two primary caregivers to each child. The child care center
				  shall provide each primary caregiver with information about the child's habits,
				  interests, progress, and special problems, if any, and shall assign the primary
				  caregiver responsibility for knowing that information.
(d) A child care center shall assign each
				  primary caregiver and that caregiver's designated children to a room or area of
				  a room as a home base even though the children in the group may move to a
				  number of areas in the child care center for daily activities.
(e) Maximum group size at any one time during
				  the day may not exceed twice the maximum number of children allowed per
				  caregiver as required by the child-to-caregiver ratio in
				  7 AAC 57.505(c). Enough caregivers must
				  be physically present at all times with each group to maintain the maximum
				  number of children per caregiver as required by the child-to-caregiver ratio in
				  7 AAC 57.505(c).
(f) If a group of children contains a
				  combination of age groups, or if age groups are combined, the maximum group
				  size at any one time during the day may not exceed twice the maximum number of
				  children allowed under the child-to-caregiver ratio in
				  7 AAC 57.505(c) for the youngest child
				  within the group. However, if no more than one child who is 30 months of age or
				  older receives care in a group in which all other children are in the next
				  older age group, the maximum group size at any one time during the day may not
				  exceed the group size requirements of the older age group, as required by the
				  child-to-caregiver ratio in
				  7 AAC 57.505(c).
(g) Maximum group size limitations do not
				  apply during nap times, lunch times, outdoor play periods, field trips, or the
				  length of a special occasion, including a holiday party and a visit from a
				  special guest.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.32.010
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 57.520 - Program

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A child care facility shall provide
				  structure and daily activities designed to promote a child's individual
				  physical, social, intellectual, and emotional development. Satisfactory
				  compliance with this subsection requires the facility to
(1) have a schedule and daily plan of
				  activities for each age group; the schedule and plan must provide a balance of
				  quiet and active activities, and group and individual activities, and must
				  include time for meals, snacks, sleep, toileting according to individual needs,
				  and indoor and outdoor play; for purposes of this paragraph
(A) a center shall provide the schedule and
				  plan in writing; and
(B) in a home,
				  the schedule and plan need not be written, except that a typical daily schedule
				  and plan must be presented with the application for a license;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 57.535 - Behavior guidance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A child care facility shall help a child
				  to develop age-appropriate patterns of behavior that foster constructive
				  relationships and increasing ability to deal with everyday life.
(b) A child care facility shall provide for
				  positive reinforcement, redirection, and the setting of realistic expectations
				  and clear and consistent limits.
(c) A child care facility may not use
				  discipline or a behavior management technique that is cruel, humiliating, or
				  otherwise damaging to the child.
(d) A child in care may not be
(1) removed from the other children for more
				  than 10 minutes if the child is a young child, except as provided in (e) of
				  this section;
(2) disciplined in
				  association with food or rest;
(3)
				  punished for bedwetting or actions in regard to toileting or toilet
				  training;
(4) subjected to
				  discipline administered by another child;
(5) subjected to verbal abuse, to derogatory
				  remarks about the child or members of the child's family, or to threats to
				  expel the child from the child care facility;
(6) placed in a locked room;
(7) physically restrained, except when
				  necessary to protect a young child from accident, to protect persons on the
				  premises from physical injury, or to protect property from serious damage; and
				  then only passive physical restraint may be used;
(8) mechanically restrained, except for a
				  protective device such as a seatbelt; or
(9) chemically restrained, except on the
				  order of a physician and subject to the provisions of
				  7 AAC 10.1070.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 57.540 - Medications

Current through May 31, 2024
A child care facility shall store and administer
					 medications as required by
					 7 AAC 10.1070.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.32.010
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 57.545 - Reducing the spread of disease

Current through May 31, 2024
To reduce the spread of disease, a child care facility
					 shall meet the applicable requirements of
					 7 AAC 10.1045 (Universal Precautions) and
					 7 AAC 10.1050 (Caregiver Hygiene).
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.32.010
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 57.550 - Health

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) At or before admission of a child, a
				  child care facility shall obtain from the child's parent a valid immunization
				  certificate or evidence that the child is exempt from immunization.
(b) A valid immunization certificate must be
				  a copy of
(1) the child's original
				  immunization record showing that, in a manner consistent with the timetable
				  prescribed by the department's childhood immunization schedule, the child has
				  received, or has begun and is continuing to receive, immunizations; or
(2) an immunization record that
				  includes a statement or record by a physician, clinic, or health center
				  indicating the date each required immunization was given.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 57.560 - Nutrition

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A child care facility shall ensure that
				  snacks and meals meet the child care food program requirements of
				  7 C.F.R.
				  226.20.
(b) In a child care center, menus, including
				  snacks, must be planned in advance, be posted in an area open to visitors, and
				  reflect actual food served.
(c) In
				  a child care facility, food for a child's meals and snacks may be provided by
				  the parent.
(d) A child care
				  facility providing care for infants shall observe the following requirements
				  for bottle feedings:
(1) bottle feedings may
				  be prepared by the parent or the child care facility; if the facility prepares
				  the bottle feedings, the facility shall consult with the parent to ensure
				  consistency with the bottle feedings given at home;
(2) an infant must be fed on
				  demand;
(3) a child on bottle
				  feedings
(A) must either be held or fed
				  sitting up or, if unable to sit up, always be held by a caregiver during the
				  feeding; and
(B) may not be
				  permitted to hold or carry its bottle at times other than the
				  feeding;
(4) bottles may
				  not be propped for a child.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 5 - Care and Services › 7 AAC 57.565 - Transportation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A child care facility that provides
				  transportation, either directly or by use of another agency or individuals,
				  shall meet the requirements of this section.
(b) A child care facility shall ensure
				  appropriate use of seat restraints, as follows:
(1) each individual must be restrained with
				  an individual seat belt or age-appropriate child safety device as required by
				  AS
				  28.05.095;
(2) only one individual may occupy each seat
				  belt or child safety device;
(3)
				  children may not occupy the front seat if the vehicle is equipped with an
				  operational airbag on the passenger side.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 6 - Environment › 7 AAC 57.610 - Environmental health and safety

Current through May 31, 2024
A child care facility shall meet the applicable
					 requirements for environmental health and safety set out in
					 7 AAC 10.1000 -
					 7 AAC 10.1095.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.32.010
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 6 - Environment › 7 AAC 57.620 - Space

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A child care facility must have indoor
				  and outdoor space to accommodate the physical and developmental needs of
				  children in care.
(b) A child care
				  center and a child care group home shall provide at least
(1) 35 square feet of usable indoor space per
				  child, exclusive of hallways, bathrooms, storage areas, office space, furnace
				  and laundry rooms, crib space, and any area children are prevented from using;
				  and
(2) 75 square feet of outdoor
				  recreation space per child for the maximum number of children playing outside
				  at any one time, except as provided in (c)(2) of this section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 6 - Environment › 7 AAC 57.630 - Equipment and supplies

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A child care facility shall select
				  equipment and supplies to support facility programs so that the amount,
				  variety, arrangement, and use of materials, toys, and equipment available
(1) are appropriate for the developmental
				  needs of the children in care;
(2)
				  meet criteria contained in
				  7 AAC 57.520(a);
(3) are of sufficient quantity to avoid
				  excessive competition and long waits for use by a child; and
(4) when stored, are stored safely, with at
				  least some of the toys and materials still accessible to children.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 7 - Specializations › 7 AAC 57.800 - Approval of specializations

Current through May 31, 2024
To obtain department approval of a specialization
					 designation described in
					 7 AAC 57.805, a child care facility must demonstrate its
					 ability to comply with the applicable requirements of AS 47.32,
					 7 AAC 10.1000 -
					 7 AAC 10.1095, and this chapter. The department will
					 approve a requested specialization designation if the department determines the
					 facility is able to satisfy those requirements.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.32.010
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 7 - Specializations › 7 AAC 57.805 - Nighttime care specialization

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A child care
				  facility may not provide care between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
				  unless the facility has a nighttime care specialization approved by the
				  department. However, a facility may occasionally provide nighttime care in a
				  home for 30 consecutive days or less without a nighttime care specialization if
				  the requirements of (b) - (f) of this section are met and prior department
				  approval is obtained.
(b) A child
				  care center that provides nighttime care shall provide a room away from
				  sleeping children where children who are awake may engage in
				  activities.
(c) A child care home
				  and a child care group home shall provide nighttime care to no more than five
				  children, including the caregiver's own children under 18 years of
				  age.
(d) Unless the parent
				  specifies otherwise, a child care facility that provides nighttime care shall
				  serve
(1) dinner to a child if present at
				  dinner time;
(2) a nighttime snack;
				  and
(3) breakfast to a child in
				  overnight care.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 7 - Specializations › 7 AAC 57.810 - Specialized program activities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A child care
				  facility may not provide a program of moderate-risk activities on a regular
				  basis unless the facility has a specialized program activity specialization
				  approved by the department. Moderate-risk activities include specialized
				  program activities such as gymnastics, swimming, camping, wilderness walks,
				  horseback riding, canoeing, skiing, climbing, fishing, skateboarding,
				  rollerblading, scooter riding, and bike riding.
(b) A child care facility must base a program
				  activity on a plan that addresses each requirement in this section. A child
				  care facility shall ensure that each employee involved in the activity reviews
				  the plan and that a copy of the plan is taken on each activity away from the
				  facility.
(c) A child care facility
				  shall ensure that the plan required under (b) of this section establishes
				  emergency procedures and injury control procedures for any specialized program
				  activity conducted, including
(1) carrying or
				  posting of emergency telephone numbers, if telephones are available;
(2) identification of, respect for, and
				  avoidance of potential weather hazards;
(3) identification and warning to children of
				  other potential hazards, such as noxious plants, bears and other wild animals,
				  cliffs, mine shafts, and polluted water; and
(4) development of contingency plans to deal
				  with lost children, accidents, and other emergencies.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 7 AAC 57.900 - Compliance and enforcement

Current through May 31, 2024
The department will monitor and investigate a facility to
					 determine compliance with AS 47.32,
					 7 AAC 10.1000 -
					 7 AAC 10.1095, and this chapter as provided in AS 47.32
					 and 7 AAC 10.9600 -
					 7 AAC 10.9620, and will take enforcement action as
					 appropriate under AS 47.32.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.32.010
AS 47.32.020
AS 47.32.030
AS 47.32.090
AS 47.32.100
AS 47.32.110
AS 47.32.130
AS
						47.32.140
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 7 AAC 57.920 - Appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
An appeal from a department decision under AS 47.32,
					 7 AAC 10.1000 -
					 7 AAC 10.1095, or this chapter is subject to the
					 provisions of
					 AS
					 47.32.140 and
					 47.32.150. A child care facility
					 wishing to appeal an enforcement action may do so not later than 15 days after
					 receipt of the notice of an enforcement action. The notice of appeal must be in
					 writing and may use a form provided by the department.
Authority:
AS
						47.32.150
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 57 - Child Care Facilities Licensing › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 7 AAC 57.940 - Children with special needs

Current through May 31, 2024
For purposes of this chapter, a child has special needs if
					 the child
(1) has been identified as
				  not functioning according to age-appropriate expectations in the areas of
				  affective, cognitive, communicative, perceptual, motor, physical, or social
				  development to the extent that the child may require help, program adjustments,
				  or related services on a regular basis in order to function in an adaptive
				  manner;
(2) requires health and
				  related services of a type or amount beyond that typically required by a child
				  in the child's age group; or
(3)
				  may require one or more of the following services:
(A) specialized care for a particular
				  condition;
(B) a specially trained
				  caregiver;
(C) frequent monitoring
				  of the child's health or medical needs;
(D) very close supervision;
(E) frequent intervention;
(F) aided physical movement.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 58 - Citizen Review Panel › 7 AAC 58.010 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of the Citizen Review Panel is to
(1) examine, under
				AS
				47.14.215, the department's child protection
				policies, procedures, and practices; and
(2) facilitate public participation, under
				AS
				47.14.245, in
(A) obtaining comments on current department
				procedures and practices involving children and family services; and
(B) developing recommendations under
				AS 47.14.255
				for the improvement of child protection services in the state.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 58 - Citizen Review Panel › 7 AAC 58.020 - Membership and maintenance of the state panel

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				state panel may not exceed a total of nine members. The state panel must be
				composed of a minimum of five members. Each member must be a volunteer and a
				resident of the state. Each of the five separate administrative regions
				established by the department for the administration of children's services
				must be represented by at least one member of the panel who resides in that
				region. Three members constitute a quorum for the transaction of
				business.
(b) Members of the state
				panel must be broadly representative of the state. In addition to meeting the
				requirement in (a) of this section for representing administrative regions, the
				state panel must represent the state's diversity geographically and with
				respect to gender, ethnicity, professional background, race, and life
				experience. The panel must include five or more members in the following
				categories, and not more than two members may be in the same category:
(1) a professional with expertise in
				prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect;
(2) a parent who has had a previous open case
				with the office of children's services in the department;
(3) a foster parent;
(4) a peace officer;
(5) a health or behavioral health
				provider;
(6) a tribal
				representative;
(7) a child
				advocate;
(8) an attorney with
				significant experience representing children or parents in child protection
				matters; or
(9) an individual with
				work experience in child protection services.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 58 - Citizen Review Panel › 7 AAC 58.030 - Duties of the state panel

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The state panel
				shall review the department's policies, procedures, and practices, and if
				appropriate, specific cases of child abuse or neglect, to determine whether the
				department is effectively discharging its child protection responsibilities in
				compliance with
(1) the following documents
				submitted to the United States Department of Health and Human Services:
(A) the state plan required under
				42
				U.S.C. 5106a(b);
				and
(B) the state child welfare
				plans and family services plan and reports under
				42
				U.S.C. 621-
				629m;
				and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 58 - Citizen Review Panel › 7 AAC 58.040 - Department cooperation with the state panel

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				department will provide the state panel access to the information necessary for
				the panel to conduct its duties including access to department
(1) case records, database information, and
				quality assurance reports, in accordance with
				AS
				47.10.093(b)(12);
(2) child protection and licensing policies,
				procedures, and forms; and
(3)
				child protection services staff for interviews.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 58 - Citizen Review Panel › 7 AAC 58.050 - Public outreach

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The state panel
				shall conduct public outreach as required under
				AS
				47.14.245 to solicit comments from the public
				regarding the department's policies and procedures. The panel shall also use
				the outreach to inform the public about the panel's work.
(b) A meeting of the state panel must be
				advertised at least two weeks before the scheduled meeting date. The panel
				shall solicit public comments at each meeting.
(c) The state panel shall maintain a public
				website that provides information on the panel and its activities.
(d) The state panel's methods to conduct
				public outreach may include the following:
(1) panel meetings;
(2) focus groups;
(3) presentations at community meetings or
				conferences;
(4) surveys;
				and
(5) advertisements through
				public media.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 58 - Citizen Review Panel › 7 AAC 58.060 - Report

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the annual report required under
				AS
				47.14.255(a), the state
				panel's recommendations for the improvement of the state's child protection
				services must be detailed, specific, and achievable. The panel shall describe
				in its report any specific resources required for the department to incorporate
				the panel's recommendations.
(b) As
				part of the written response under
				AS
				47.14.255(b), the department
				will provide, where appropriate, a detailed explanation of its reasons for
				whether and how the department will incorporate the panel's recommendations.
(c) The department and the state
				panel will make the panel's annual report and the department's response
				available on the panel's public website. The panel may publish additional
				reports.
Authority:
AS
					 47.14.215
AS
					 47.14.255
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 58 - Citizen Review Panel › 7 AAC 58.070 - Confidentiality

Current through May 31, 2024
The state panel shall require each of its members to sign a
				  confidentiality agreement not to disclose information for which
				  AS
				  47.14.235 requires nondisclosure. The
				  agreement must be stored in the panel's records. The panel shall inform a
				  person attending the panel's meeting of the nondisclosure requirements of
				  AS
				  47.14.235.
Authority:
AS
					 47.14.215
AS
					 47.14.235
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 58 - Citizen Review Panel › 7 AAC 58.090 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter,
(1)
				"Citizen Review Panel" means the panel established under
				AS
				47.14.205(a);
(2) "commissioner" means the commissioner of
				family and community services;
(3)
				"department" means the Department of Family and Community Services;
(4) "director" means the director of the
				office of children's services in the department;
(5) "foster parent" means an adult head of
				household in a foster home licensed under AS 47.32; in this paragraph, "foster
				home" has the meaning given in
				AS
				47.32.900;
(6) "state panel" or "panel" means the
				Citizen Review Panel.
Authority:
AS
					 47.14.215
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 60 - Adult Institutions (Relocated)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of Register 90 (July, 1984), 7 AAC 60 has been relocated
				  to 22 AAC 05, in recognition of the creation of the Department of Corrections
				  by Executive Order No. 55.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 67 - Foster Home Licensing Standards › Article 1 - Licensing Process › 7 AAC 67.005 - Applicability

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provisions of this chapter
(1) are not exclusive and supplement other
				  applicable standards of licensure, including those set out in
				  AS
				  47.05.300-47.05.390, AS 47.32,
				  and 7 AAC 10;
(2) apply to foster
				  homes licensed or required to be licensed under AS 47.32 and this chapter;
				  and
(3) do not apply to placement
				  decisions made by the department under
				  AS
				  47.10.088.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 67 - Foster Home Licensing Standards › Article 1 - Licensing Process › 7 AAC 67.010 - Exemptions from licensure requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
The following persons are exempt from the foster home
					 licensure requirements of AS 47.32 and this chapter:
(1) an individual caring for a child, not in
				  the custody of the department, in the child's own home, whether related to the
				  child or not;
(2) an individual
				  designated by a foster parent for the supervision of a child in a foster home
				  during an emergency absence of a foster parent for a period of no more than 14
				  days;
(3) an individual who
				  provides care for one or more relative children, unless the department has
				  custodial authority of the child and the individual seeks payment as a licensed
				  provider;
(4) an individual who is
				  licensed to operate a foster home by a tribe or tribal entity, if the tribe or
				  tribal entity has licensing standards in accordance with federal licensing
				  requirements, and
(A) has a current tribal
				  Title IV-E pass-through maintenance agreement, approved by the department;
				  or
(B) has a memorandum of
				  agreement for state placement in tribal licensed foster homes, approved by the
				  department;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 67 - Foster Home Licensing Standards › Article 1 - Licensing Process › 7 AAC 67.020 - Implementation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A foster home license issued on or after
				  July 1, 2022 must meet the requirements of licensure established under this
				  chapter.
(b) A license issued
				  before July 1, 2022 must meet the licensing standards in place at the time the
				  license was issued. A foster home will not be assessed for compliance with the
				  requirements of this chapter unless or until
(1) the license is converted from provisional
				  to biennial status; or
(2) the
				  biennial renewal or extension date.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 67 - Foster Home Licensing Standards › Article 1 - Licensing Process › 7 AAC 67.025 - Foster care by relative caregivers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  has the authority under
				  AS
				  47.14.100(e)(3)(A) to place
				  a child in custody with an unlicensed relative caregiver, or in a licensed
				  relative foster home. Placement with an unlicensed relative does not require or
				  guarantee licensure for a foster home, nor does it mean that a foster care
				  payment by the department occurs. The department will only issue foster care
				  payments once the department issues the foster home license.
(b) An unlicensed relative may receive
				  financial support by applying for support programs through the Department of
				  Health's public assistance programs and services under AS 47.27. An unlicensed
				  relative may not receive public assistance benefits under AS 47.27 and a foster
				  care payment for the same child, at the same time.
(c) An unlicensed relative is subject to a
				  background check.
(d) The
				  department may issue a license to a relative who applies for licensure and
				  meets all of the standards under this chapter.
Authority:
AS 44.30.020
AS
						47.32.010
AS
						47.32.030
AS
						47.32.032