Assignment 8: CO Licensing Rules and Regulations

1. Scroll through the State of Colorado Rules Regulating Child Care Centers (Less Than 24-Hour Care) document and read many of the headings. Find a rule that is not clear to you, then look it up in the Administrative Guide: Rules Regulating Child Care Centers.Copy and paste the Rule #, Rule text, Clarification, Rationale/Resources here:

You only need to use the State of Colorado Rules Regulating Child Care Centers (Less Than 24-Hour Care) for the rest of the questions; the Administrative Guide is now optional.

Include the rule number or page number where you find each answer. Read through all the questions first, then go hunting.

1. List 4 designated kinds of play equipment that must be provided in the infant nursery. (hint: look under 7.702.6)
2. What is required for emergency evacuation of an infant room?
3. For infant programs affiliated with teen parent programs on school premises, the minimum age of infants in care is _____ days (without health care provider approval).
4. _____staff member to _____infants is required when the ages of the infants are 6 weeks to 18 months and the maximum group size is _____ infants.
5. An Infant Program Early Childhood Teacher must have completed _____ hours of orientation in the infant program and have at least _____ months of experience in the care of children under 3 years of age.
6. All infants under _____ months of age must be held for bottle feeding.
7. The maximum group size for ages 12 months to 36 months is _____ toddlers.
8. There must be no attempt to toilet train children until...(Copy/paste the answer)
9. Infants must be placed on their ______for sleeping.
10. A _____, _____, or _____separate from the diaper changing area, must be available for preparing infants' and toddlers' food.
11. In the toddler program, the outdoor play area can be shared by ______, but _______ and toddlers must not be allowed to use the play area _____________.
12. Infant sound monitors must be used in separate sleeping rooms for infants unless qualified staff remain in the room with sleeping infants at all times. All sleeping infants must be physically observed at least every ____ minutes by a staff member.
13. Staff members must either _____ toddlers or _____ them when they are eating, and children must be _____ to try a ____ of food served.
14. Staff working with infants less than twelve (12) months old must finish a department approved ____ ____ training prior to working with infants less than twelve (12) months old.
15. Infants under ____ months must be kept out of direct sunlight while outdoors.

*Review your work to ensure that you have included the regulation number or page number for eachof your answers.

Recourses

State of Colorado Rules Regulating Child Care Centers 7.702 (Less Than 24-Hour Care):

https://publichealthlawcenter.org/sites/default/files/CO%207.702%20RULES%20REGULATING%20CHILD%20CARE%20CENTERS%20%28LESS%20THAN%2024-HOUR%20CARE%29.pdf

SOCIAL SERVICES RULES RULE MANUAL VOLUME 7 CHILD CARE FACILITY LICENSING

https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/GenerateRulePdf.do?ruleVersionId=4073

The Administrative Guide: Rules Regulating Child Care Centers:

https://mycourses.cccs.edu/content/enforced/36748-S_FRCC_ECE1111500_202320/Administrative%20Guide%20of%20Rules%20Regulating%20Child%20Care%20Centers.pdf?_&d2lSessionVal=LFr50XIWUcY2D3MRUavdlIDB3