Bright Futures Child Care Center

591-1-1-.32(7) · Rule 591-1-1-.32(7) requires that children shall be supervised at all times appropriate to the individual age, needs and capabilities of each child. Such supervision must include, but not be limited to, indoor and outdoor activities, mealtimes, naptime, transportation, field trips, and transitions between activities. "Supervision" means that the appropriate number of Staff members are physically present in the area where children are being cared for and are providing watchful oversight to the children, volunteers and Students-in-Training. The persons supervising in the child care area must be alert, positioned to maximize their ability to hear and see the children at all times, and able to respond promptly to the needs and actions of the children being supervised, as well as the actions of the volunteers and Students-in-Training, and provide timely attention to the children's actions and needs. Staff shall be attentive and participating with all children during mealtimes and shall be seated within an arm’s length away from children thirty-six (36) months of age and younger.

During an investigation, it was determined that on July 12, 2022, at 3:30 p.m., a one-year-old child was playing on the floor and threw their pacifier, and it went under a rocking chair where a staff person was sitting feeding an infant a bottle. The staff person did not provide watchful oversight when the staff person did not know the exact location of the one-year-old child as the staff person went to retrieve the pacifier and move the child. The child’s finger was under the rocking chair and it smashed the child’s left ring finger. The staff person observed the child coming towards the rocking chair but did not realize that the child had gotten that close to the rocking chair. Professional medical attention was obtained, and the child was diagnosed with a lacerated finger.

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