Section R9-3-508. Pet and Animal Standards

A certificate holder shall ensure that:

1.        Each dog, cat, or ferret at the child care group home has a current vaccination against rabies;

2.        Documentation of current vaccination against rabies, required in subsection (1), is maintained on the premises;

3.        All pet and animal habitats at the child care group home are kept clean;

4.        When kept in an area of the child care group home approved for providing child care services, a bird is:

a.        Kept in a cage during hours of operation, and

b.        Not kept in the kitchen or an eating area of the child care group home;

5.        Pets and animals are controlled so that the cleanliness of the child care group home is maintained and no enrolled child, staff member, or other individual at the child care group home is endangered;

6.        All animals, except cats and dogs, are kept in enclosures that are inaccessible to enrolled children, except as an activity, during hours of operation;

7.        A reptile in a child care group home is:

a.        Kept in a tank, container, or other enclosure that is:

i.         Inaccessible to enrolled children,

ii.        Not located in an area of the child care group home approved for providing child care ser- vices, and

iii.      Not brought into or through areas of the child care group home approved for providing child care services;

b.        Not taken out of the tank, container or other enclo- sure at any time during hours of operation;

c.        Not brought into areas of the child care group home approved for providing child care services at any time; and

d.        Not used as part of an activity;

8.        Each pet dish is inaccessible to enrolled children during hours of operation;

9.        Receptacles for pet feces and urine, such as litter boxes, are inaccessible to enrolled children;

10.     Pet feces in an outdoor activity area are cleaned up before enrolled children are permitted in the outdoor activity area; and

11.     Enrolled children and staff members wash their hands with soap and running water after an activity involving animals.

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).