Section 29-374. REQUIREMENTS FOR INFANT FORMULA AND FEEDING

 

374.1Each Child Development Facility shall comply with the following requirements concerning infant formula and feeding:

 

(a)Each feeding bottle for an infant or toddler shall be labeled with the name of the child to whom it belongs;

 

(b)Each bottle of milk or formula shall be labeled with the date of preparation, and refrigerated at thirty-five to forty degrees Fahrenheit (35° F - 40° F);

 

(c)Each open container of ready-to-feed or concentrated formula shall be used for only one child, and shall be labeled with that child's first and last name and the date on which the container is opened;

 

(d)All infant formula given to a child shall be prepared according to written instructions obtained from the parent(s) or guardian(s) of that child or from the child's licensed health care practitioner;

 

(e)All bottles and formula preparation equipment shall be washed with hot water and detergent;

 

(f)Each bottle of reconstituted concentrated or powdered formula shall be refrigerated immediately after its preparation, or immediately upon its arrival at the Facility if it is prepared and brought to the Facility by the child's parent or guardian, and may be held for feeding for no longer than twenty-four (24) hours;

 

(g)Each bottle of commercially prepared ready-to-feed formula shall be refrigerated promptly after it is opened;

 

(h)All unused formula shall be discarded;

 

(i)Each bottle or container of breast milk provided for a child by the parent or guardian of that child shall be labeled with the child's first and last name and the date of receipt, and refrigerated immediately upon its arrival at the Facility;

 

(j)Fluid breast milk may be held for feeding for no more than twenty-four (24) hours, and frozen breast milk may be held in a frozen state for no more than two (2) months;

 

(k)The Facility shall provide, or require the parent(s) or guardian(s) of each infant to provide, a sufficient supply of commercially prepared formula so that the child will be adequately fed in case of emergency;

 

(l)Each child who is too young or otherwise developmentally unable to use a feeding chair or other appropriate seating apparatus shall be held while being fed;

 

(m)Each child who is too young, too small, or otherwise developmentally unable to hold his or her bottle while feeding shall be held while being fed;

 

(n)No child may be placed in a crib with a bottle for feeding, nor may a bottle be propped up to feed a child; and

 

(o)The Facility shall provide a comfortable and secluded location on-site in which mothers can breast-feed their children.

 

source

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