Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XII - Licensing and Approved Standards › Chapter 106 - Certification Standards for Children's Residential Facilities › Rule 441-106.12 - Health

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) A children's
				residential facility shall obtain, store, prepare, and serve food and water
				free from contamination.
(2) A
				children's residential facility shall have written health policies that
				describe how the facility will care for a sick child residing there.
(3) A children's residential facility shall
				have written policies and procedures related to disease control and the use of
				universal precautions for handling of any bodily excrement or discharge,
				including blood and breast milk. A children's residential facility shall take
				precautions to prevent the spread of infectious and communicable
				disease.
(4) A children's
				residential facility shall seek immediate medical attention for a child when it
				is necessary to ensure that the child remains healthy. There shall be 24-hour
				emergency and routine medical and dental services available and provided when
				prescribed. Provision of these services shall be documented.
(5) A children's residential facility shall
				have written policies and procedures to ensure that staff, volunteers, or
				others who perform duties under a subcontract with the children's residential
				facility demonstrate clean personal hygiene sufficient to prevent or minimize
				the transmission of illness or disease and are certified in the provision of
				first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
(6) A children's residential facility shall
				be required to report any reportable disease to the department of public
				health.
(7) A children's
				residential facility shall have written policies on physical examination
				reports or health status statements for all children in the facility's
				care.
(8) A children's residential
				facility shall have written policies and procedures for the dispensing,
				storage, authorization, and recording of all prescription and nonprescription
				medications.
(9) A children's
				residential facility shall ensure that a clearly labeled first-aid kit is
				available and easily accessible to staff, volunteers, or others who perform
				duties under a subcontract with the children's residential facility at all
				times when children are in the facility, in the outdoor play area, and on field
				trips. The first-aid kit shall be sufficient to address first aid related to
				minor injury or trauma and shall be stored in an area inaccessible to
				children.
(10) A children's
				residential facility shall have written policies on reporting illness or injury
				to parents or guardians. These policies shall be shared with parents or
				guardians before a child is admitted to the children's residential facility. A
				significant change in health status or incidents resulting in a serious injury
				to or death of a child shall be reported immediately to the parent or
				guardian.
(11) A children's
				residential facility shall have written policies on smoking and tobacco use
				that comply with Iowa state law.