Section 29-370. HANDLING DIAPERS, TRAINING PANTS, AND TOYS

 

370.1Each Child Development Facility shall locate its diaper-changing area so that it is in close proximity to a source of warm running water and soap, and so that it is not in or near the Facility's kitchen and eating areas.

 

370.2Each Facility shall store soiled diapers and training pants in designated and labeled containers, separate from all other waste, including soiled clothes and linens. The Facility shall provide a washable, plastic lined, tightly covered receptacle, which can be operated by a foot pedal, within arm's reach of each diaper changing table, for the disposal of soiled diapers.

 

370.3No Facility may use cloth diapers for any child unless it has obtained a written statement, with supporting documentation, from a particular child's parent(s) or guardian(s) that cloth diapers are required by the special medical circumstances of that child.

 

370.4The Facility shall provide one or more diaper-changing areas that have surfaces made of non-porous material.

 

370.5The Facility shall ensure that, for each diaper-changing area, the diaper-changing surface is cleaned and sanitized with a bleach solution or other appropriate germicide after each diaper change.

 

370.6The Facility shall ensure that the bleach solution or germicide used for cleaning and sanitizing the diaper-changing surface is kept inaccessible to the enrolled children at all times.

 

370.7The Facility shall provide an area for the storage of clean diapers and training pants which is clean and designated exclusively for that use, with the exception that the clean diaper and training pants storage area and the storage area for enrolled children's clean clothes may be combined.

 

370.8The Facility shall store and/or dispose of soiled diapers, diapering materials and training pants as follows:

 

(a)Cloth diapers, training pants or clothing that are soiled with fecal matter and are to be sent home with a child shall be rinsed at the Facility at a location where food preparation does not occur, or shall be placed directly into a plastic container that is sealed tightly, and shall be stored away from the rest of the child's belongings and out of reach of all children, until sent home with the child at the end of the day;

 

(b)Cloth diapers, training pants or clothing that are soiled with fecal matter and are to be laundered by the Facility shall be placed in a non-porous covered container, containing an appropriate germicidal solution, until laundered;

 

(c)Cloth diapers, training pants or clothing that are soiled with fecal matter and are to be either laundered by the Facility or sent home with a child for laundering may be held for laundering no longer than one day;

 

(d)Soiled disposable diapers and training pants shall be placed in a plastic-lined, covered container that shall be emptied, cleaned, and sanitized with an appropriate germicidal agent at least daily;

 

(e)Soiled disposable diapers and training pants shall be discarded at least daily;

 

(f)The Facility shall ensure that only disposable diapering materials, including wipes and changing pads, are used, except as provided further herein, and that each such disposable item is discarded, after one use, in the container used for the discard of soiled disposable diapers described in subsection (d);

 

(g)In the case of emergency, or if special medical circumstances are documented in accordance with this section, a Facility may use washable cloth diapering materials. If cloth materials are used, the Facility shall ensure that each such material is used only once and then stored in the manner required for cloth diapers described in this section; and

 

(h)The Facility shall ensure that all staff wear disposable gloves when changing diapers and training pants or when assisting children to remove soiled clothing, and that a new pair of gloves is worn for the diapering of or assistance with each successive child.

 

370.9The Facility shall ensure that any toy that is mouthed is promptly removed from the play area, sanitized with an appropriate germicide, and air dried, before it is returned to the play area.

 

370.10The Facility shall ensure that any toy that becomes soiled with blood, stool, urine or vomit is immediately removed and sanitized with an appropriate germicide.

 

source

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