(a) No room in any day care center shall be overcrowded. Any room shall be deemed overcrowded for the purposes of this chapter if there is less than three hundred (300) cubic feet of air space per child at any time.
(b) Each day care-center shall have at least two (2) responsible adults, including one (1) staff member, available on the premises at all times when seven (7) or more children are in the center. The center shall organize the children in the center in small groups, shall provide child-care staff to give continuity of care and supervision of the children on a day-by-day basis, and shall ensure that no child is left alone or unsupervised. The following ratios of children per child-care staff member are to be followed:
Infants
|
Infants
| |
Less than 12 months old |
5:1 or 12:2 with 2 staff members in the room |
12 to 18 months old |
6:1 |
Toddlers
| |
18 to less than 30 months old |
7:1 |
At least 30 months to less than 3 years |
8:1 |
Preschool
| |
3 years old |
12:1 |
4 and 5 year olds |
14:1 |
School Children
| |
Children enrolled in, or eligible to be enrolled in kindergarten or above, but less than 11 years old |
18:1 |
11 through 14 years old |
20:1 |
(c) When children are combined with other age groups, the ratio must conform to the youngest child in the group.
(d) Each day care center must have an administrator on site for minimum of at least half of the operating hours. This presence must be documented and available for inspection.
(Ord. No. 924-09. Passed 8-5-09, eff. 8-13-09)