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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".12" citation="COMAR 10.21.18.12" title_num="10" subtitle_num="21" chapter_num="18" heading="Health and Safety Requirements.">
  <text>The therapeutic nursery program director shall:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Ensure that a criminal background investigation as required under Family Law Article, §§5-560 — 5-568, Annotated Code of Maryland, has been completed and is on file in each staff member's personnel record;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If a child is involved in an accident or is injured while in attendance at a therapeutic nursery program:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Notify the primary caretaker on the day that the accident or injury occurs;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the injury is serious, notify the parent or guardian immediately;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Ensure that appropriate treatment is provided; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Document the incident according to the requirements of the risk management policy of the therapeutic nursery;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>At all times that children are participating in the therapeutic nursery program, ensure that staff are present who hold current certificates indicating approved training in:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Infant and child cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>First aid; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If wading or swimming are therapeutic nursery activities, Red Cross water safety;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Prepare an emergency evacuation plan that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is approved by the local fire authority;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Is posted in each room of the therapeutic nursery;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The staff and children practice at least monthly, and the staff maintain a written record of the dates and times of the practices; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Includes:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Safe routes by which the staff and children may exit each area in the event of fire or other emergency requiring evacuation of the building;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The address of a location that can be used by the staff and children in the event of fire or other emergency until the parents, guardians, or primary caretakers of the children are notified; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The provisions that, during an evacuation or a practice, a designated staff member take out of the building the record of attendance for that date and verify the presence of each child in attendance;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Provide telephones that are accessible to the staff in each activity area in the therapeutic nursery, and post the following information next to each telephone:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>911 telephone number to summon fire, police, and rescue services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The name, address, and telephone number of the therapeutic nursery;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Telephone number of the child protective services unit of the local department of social services; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Telephone number of a poison control center;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Release a child:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Only to the child's parent, guardian, or primary caretaker; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If so directed by the child's parent, guardian, or primary caretaker, to another individual whose identity is verified;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>As required by COMAR 10.06.01:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Report communicable diseases; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Restrict attendance by staff and children with communicable diseases;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Not permit anyone to use alcohol or controlled dangerous substances on the premises or to smoke cigarettes, cigars, or pipes in rooms or areas approved for use by a child;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>Implement measures to prevent the spread of disease including requiring that staff wash hands and ensure that a child's hands are washed thoroughly with soap and water after toileting, before handling food, after outdoor activities, and at other times necessary to prevent the spread of disease;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Provide for general cleanliness by ensuring that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>All surfaces, furnishings, materials, and equipment are clean;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Except for emergencies and clean-up activities that are part of the daily program, cleaning is not conducted while rooms are occupied by children;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Refuse containers in the building are:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Noncombustible; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If they contain soiled diapers, lined with a disposable liner, covered with a lid, and inaccessible to children; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Refuse containers outside the building meet the standards required by local code; and</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>Provide written notification to each staff member and documentation that each staff member has read and understood the notification regarding:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The location of the telephone and the emergency telephone numbers specified in §E of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The location of each child's emergency form;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Emergency evacuation procedures;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Identity of the staff members who have appropriate first aid, CPR, and Red Cross water safety training;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The requirements and procedures for reporting suspected child:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Abuse directly to the local department of social services or law enforcement agency; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Neglect directly to the local department of social services;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Risk management; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>The contents of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>