(a) To provide overnight care, the provider shall meet the following requirements:
(1) The provider shall remain awake whenever children in care are awake.
(2) The door to the room where the provider is sleeping as well as the door to the room where the children in care are sleeping shall remain open.
(3) If the sleeping arrangements are not situated in such a way that the provider can be assured of hearing a child in care wake up, a digital video and audio monitoring device shall be used.
(A) The monitoring device shall be maintained in good working order at all times.
(4) Clean bedding and nightclothes shall be available to children in care.
(b) To provide overnight care for infants, the provider shall follow the requirements specified in Subsection (a) and Section 102425.
(1) The monitoring device may be used in place of physically checking the infant every 15 minutes if the infant is sleeping and the provider is going to sleep.
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Note: Authority cited: Section 1596.81, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 1596.847, Health and Safety Code.
1. New section filed 8-19-2020; operative 8-19-2020 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20 (Register 2020, No. 34).
This database is current through 5/3/24 Register 2024, No. 18.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 22, § 102426, 22 CA ADC § 102426
