18 CRR-NY 442.21NY-CRR
18 CRR-NY 442.21
18 CRR-NY 442.21
442.21 Health and medical services.
(a) Each institution must provide or arrange for appropriate medical and nursing care for children in foster care in accordance with this section and section 441.22 of this Title.
(b) All medical and nursing care shall be provided by persons having the qualifications set forth in this Part.
(c) Each institution shall comply with the provisions of article 25 of the Public Health Law relating to institutions for children.
(d) Each institution shall provide for the proper isolation of children with communicable or infectious diseases.
(e) An institution primarily serving children under 12 shall have on its staff, or otherwise make provision for the services of, a pediatrician.
(f) Each institution serving 50 or more children shall employ a nurse.
(g) Each child will be provided, when necessary, with eyeglasses, hearing aids, and prosthetic or other adaptive devices.
(h) Written procedures concerning the actions to be taken in a medical emergency will be made known to staff and volunteers of an institution.
(i)
(1) The agency must always have on duty at least one person at each site operated by an institution for each shift who is certified by the American Red Cross as trained in first aid. All child care staff whose duties are predominantly recreational in nature must be certified by the American Red Cross as trained in first aid.
(2) All nursing staff employed by an institution must be certified by the American Red Cross as trained in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques.
(j) A first aid kit must be made available for each living unit in an institution. The contents of the kit will be appropriate to the needs of the children served and be approved by a physician most familiar with the population of the living unit. The kits will be placed in convenient locations so that the kits are readily accessible to staff of each living unit.
18 CRR-NY 442.21
Current through July 31, 2021
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