§ 12-86-203. Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education policies

AR Code § 12-86-203 (2018) (N/A)
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(1)

(A) Share with the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management on a quarterly basis an integrated list of all licensed child care facilities and all known license-exempt child care facilities, including without limitation physical addresses, maximum capacity, emergency contact information, and hours of operation.

(B) The integrated list is to be sorted by county;

(2) Include early childhood emergency preparedness courses and workshops that address specific risk factors and evacuation procedures in particular geographic areas among approved courses and workshops for meeting requirements for in-service training for licensed child care providers in those geographic areas;

(3) Incorporate specific indicators of emergency preparedness linked to specific disaster risk factors in licensed child care providers' geographic areas into each level of any quality ratings above minimum licensing standards; and

(4)

(A) Require a child care facility to have a written plan for evacuation in the event of fire, natural disaster, or other threatening situation that may pose a health or safety hazard to the children in the child care facility.

(B) Require the plan to include without limitation:

(i) A designated relocation site and evacuation route;

(ii) Procedures for notifying parents of the relocation and ensuring family reunification;

(iii) Procedures to address the needs of individual children, including children with special needs;

(iv) Instructions relating to the training of staff or the reassignment of staff duties, as appropriate;

(v) Coordination with local emergency management officials; and

(vi) A program to ensure that appropriate staff are familiar with the plan's components.