Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 5101:2-12-21 | Evening and overnight care for a licensed child care center.

                                                
(A) When is a licensed child care center
		  considered to be providing evening and overnight care?
Evening or overnight care is provided when
		  children are in attendance anytime between the hours of seven p.m. and six
		  a.m.
(B) What is required when evening and
		  overnight care is provided?
If a licensed child care center has evening or
		  overnight care, the following are required:
(1) Child care staff members shall remain
			 awake at all times.
(2) The center shall provide adequate
			 lighting indoors in all areas, including bathrooms, hallways, and sleeping
			 rooms to ensure that child care staff members are able to see all children at
			 all times.
(3) The center shall ensure that parking
			 areas, outdoor walkways, and all building entrances be adequately lighted for
			 safety and security.
(4) The center shall develop and follow bedtime routines in
			 consultation with the parents of the children.
(5) The center shall provide a written security plan that ensures
			 that access to the center is limited to parents and guardians of children in
			 care and authorized persons. 
(6) The center shall provide sleeping arrangements so that
			 sleeping children are cared for separately from children who are awake, and so
			 that sleeping children are not disturbed by arrivals and
			 departures.
(7) The center shall ensure areas where children sleep during
			 evening and overnight care are on the building's ground floor unless
			 another floor has been approved for the care of sleeping children by the local
			 fire official having jurisdiction.
(C) What sanitary environment and
		  additional hygiene stipulations shall be followed by the center?
The center shall:
(1) Ensure that each
			 child who sleeps at the center for four or more hours has clean comfortable
			 sleeping clothes.
(2) Ensure that child care staff members
			 assist children during washing and changing clothes according to
			 children's developmental needs.
(3) Separate school-age boys from
			 school-age girls during washing and while changing clothes to ensure
			 privacy.
(4) If the child has a bedtime routine occurring at the program,
			 ensure that each child has a clean, individual washcloth, towel and toothbrush,
			 as appropriate for the age of the child, and labeled with the child's
			 name.
(5) Provide children access to running water, liquid soap and
			 toothpaste.
(6)  Ensure bathtubs and showers are equipped to prevent
			 slipping, if the center provides bathing. The center shall also have written
			 permission from the parent prior to allowing the child to bathe.
(7) Ensure bathtubs and showers are cleaned and sanitized after
			 each use. The tub or showers do not have to be sanitized between uses if the
			 children are siblings and the parent has provided written consent. All children
			 shall bathe separately unless the children are siblings and the parent has
			 provided written consent that the children can be bathed together.


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