Section 29-331. GENERAL PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS FOR CENTERS

 

331.1In each Child Development Center, the program shall be managed by a Center Director. The Center Director shall be assisted by teachers, assistant teachers and aides, as further specified in this Chapter, in the case of a Center serving infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, and by group leaders and assistant group leaders, as further specified in this Chapter, in the case of a Center providing out-of-school-time care. In all Centers, the Center Director and staff may be assisted by volunteers if desired.

 

331.2Each employee or volunteer shall be mentally and physically able to perform the duties assigned to him or her.

 

331.3The Facility shall not permit a person with a reportable communicable disease to be on duty in program space, or in common indoor or outdoor spaces utilized by the children, or to have contact with a child in care, without the written approval of a licensed health care practitioner.

 

331.4Staff and visitors to the Facility shall not smoke or use tobacco products in program areas while children are in care, and tobacco products shall be kept out of the reach of children in care.

 

331.5When children are in the care of the Facility, either on the premises or off-site, no staff member shall be under the influence of, or consume, alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs.

 

331.6All paid staff employed in a licensed Child Development Center on the effective date of these rules shall have two (2) years from that date within which to meet the specific qualification requirements, as provided by this Chapter, for their positions, unless otherwise specifically stated.

 

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Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 003793 (April 27, 2007).