Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Article 10 - CHILD DEVELOPMENTAL FOSTER HOME LICENSE › Section R6-6-1011 - Health and Safety Standards in Child Developmental Foster Homes

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. The licensee
				shall maintain the premises of the child developmental foster home in a clean
				and sanitary condition to the degree that it does not present a health or
				safety hazard.
B. The child
				developmental foster home shall not have an accumulation of litter, rubbish, or
				garbage on the premises. Litter, rubbish, and garbage shall be contained in
				cleanable containers with lids or sealed disposable containers and shall be
				removed from the property not less than once a week.
C. The licensee shall ensure that the child
				developmental foster home is free from, or has an ongoing system to eradicate,
				insects, rodents, and other vermin.
D. Before initial licensure and every three
				years thereafter, the child developmental foster home shall be inspected and
				meet the safety and sanitation guidelines of the Department of Health Services
				unless otherwise specified by the Division.
E. Child developmental foster homes located
				in mobile homes shall pass an annual fire safety inspection as arranged by the
				Division.
F. The licensee shall
				keep toxic, poisonous, hazardous, and corrosive materials in locked storage
				separate from food or medications, unless otherwise specified in the
				ISPP.
G. The licensee shall keep
				medicines in locked storage separate from food, toxic, poisonous, hazardous, or
				corrosive materials.
H. The
				licensee shall keep firearms in locked storage and shall keep ammunition locked
				separately from the firearms.
I.
				Bedrooms shall have light, ventilation, and a usable, unobstructed exit to the
				outside in case of an emergency.
J.
				Telephone service or similar two-way communication methods shall be available
				in the home and shall be in working order.
K. Any permanent body of water shall be
				fenced and inaccessible to children and shall meet the guidelines of the
				Arizona Department of Health Services unless otherwise specified by the
				Division.
L. The licensee shall not
				allow foster children in swimming pool areas or in the area of other bodies of
				water unless supervised by a responsible adult or as specified in the
				ISPP.
M. The licensee shall store
				alcoholic beverages responsibly.
N.
				The licensee shall not use tobacco products while in an enclosed area with a
				foster child.
O. The licensee shall
				make reasonable efforts to ensure family pets do not present a health or safety
				hazard to foster children.
P. The
				licensee shall develop a fire evacuation plan and shall periodically practice
				the plan with the household members. The licensee shall update the fire
				evacuation plan as needed based on placement changes, household member changes,
				or structural changes to the foster home.
Q. The licensee shall equip the child
				developmental foster home with smoke detectors and fire extinguishers which are
				in good working order.