75-03-10-12 · (3)-Ensure safe care for children under supervision. Supervision means a staff member responsible for caring for or teaching children being within sight or hearing range of an infant, toddler, or preschooler at all times so the staff member is capable of intervening to protect the health and safety of the child. For the school-age child, it means a staff member responsible for caring for or teaching children being available for assistance and care so that the child's health and safety is protected.

A 24-month-old child was found alongside a very busy street without supervision.

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75-03-10-08 · (2a2)-The operator shall ensure that the center is sufficiently staffed at all times to meet the child to staff ratios for children in attendance and that no more children than the licensed capacity is served at one time. The minimum ratio of staff members responsible for caring for or teaching children to children in childcare centers and maximum group size of children must be for children eighteen months of age to thirty-six months of age, one staff member may care for five children, a ratio of .20 in decimal form, with a maximum group size of fifteen children.

During a concern visit and after visiting with staff involved in the concern it was determined one staff was left outside with 13 children 18-36 months of age. The ratio for that number of children is 2.60. There should have been three staff present at all times.

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