Section R9-3-506. General Cleaning and Sanitation Standards

A certificate holder shall ensure that:

1.        All areas of the child care group home approved for pro- viding child care services and the furnishings, equipment, supplies, materials, utensils, and toys in those areas are kept clean and free of insects and vermin;

2.        All equipment, materials, and toys used by or accessible to enrolled children are cleaned and disinfected as often as necessary to maintain them in a clean and disinfected condition and, for items used by infants or one- or two- year-old children, at least once every 24 hours;

3.        All plumbing fixtures at the child care group home are maintained in operating condition;

4.        The plumbing at the child care group home supplies suffi- cient water pressure to meet the child care group home’s toileting and cleaning needs;

5.        Each bathroom used by an enrolled child at the child care group home has the following within the reach of enrolled children:

a.        Mounted toilet tissue,

b.        Soap contained in a dispenser, and

c.        Singly dispensed paper towels;

6.        A staff member washes the staff member’s hands with soap and running water after toileting;

7.        An enrolled child, other than an enrolled child with spe- cial needs who cannot wash the enrolled child’s own hands, washes the enrolled child’s hands with soap and running water after toileting;

8.        After an enrolled child with special needs who cannot wash the enrolled child’s own hands uses the toilet, a staff member washes the enrolled child’s hands with a wash- cloth, paper towel, or disposable wipes, using each wash- cloth, paper towel, or disposable wipe on only one enrolled child and only one time before it is laundered or discarded;

9.        Each toilet bowl and sink in a child care group home available for use by enrolled children is cleaned and dis- infected daily or, if necessary, more often;

10.     A bathtub is cleaned and disinfected before being used to bathe an enrolled child and, if used to bathe more than one enrolled child in one day, between each use;

11.     Food waste at the child care group home is stored in a covered waterproof container that is clean and lined with a plastic bag; and

12.     Food waste and other refuse is removed from the resi- dence daily or, if necessary, more often.

Historical Note

New Section made by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 1214, effective September 1, 2004 (Supp. 04-1). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 17 A.A.R. 1530, effective September 30, 2011 (Supp. 11-3).