(a) General requirements.
(1) All equipment, materials and furnishings shall be of sturdy and safe construction, easy to clean, free of sharp points or corners, splinters, protruding nails, loose rusty parts and paint which contains lead or other poisonous materials.
(2) Each child shall be provided with individual storage space for personal belongings.
(3) Sleeping space and play areas may be used interchangeably so long as adequate space for orderly storage of cots, bedding and play equipment is provided. All cots, cribs and mats shall be maintained in a safe and sanitary manner. Hand contact areas of cribs shall be sanitized daily. Each child shall have his or her own sleeping apparatus, which shall be placed in such a manner so as to allow at least one foot of open space on all sides of the apparatus except where such apparatus is adjacent to a wall or partition.
(4) Individual cribs, portable cribs or playpens used for sleeping shall be of safe and sturdy construction and equipped with mattresses covered with waterproof material that can be cleaned. Crib sides shall have secure latching devices. Vertical slats on cribs shall not be spaced more than two and one-half inches apart. There shall be no more than one and one-half inches of space between the mattress and bed frame when the mattress is pushed flush to any one corner of the crib.
(5) Linens shall be laundered at least once per week and more often if necessary. Linens shared by children shall be laundered after each use. Linens used exclusively by one child shall be stored separately from those of other children.
(b) Isolation area. All day care centers shall provide an isolation area or room for the use and comfort of any child who becomes ill or is injured while at the facility. While the isolation area or room is in use by an ill or injured child, the area or room must be kept free of other children.
(c) Diapering and toileting.
(1) Infants and toddlers shall be diapered in their own individual cribs or at a diaper station which is in a central diapering area on a sanitized surface.
(2) Diaper changing stations shall be located adjacent to handwashing lavatories equipped with hot and cold water through mixing faucets as required in the city plumbing code and supplied with soap and disposable towels. Hands of the diapered child and persons changing the diaper shall be washed before and after each diaper change. The surface of all diapering areas shall be sanitized after each use.
(3) Disposable diapers, once used, shall be placed in a cleanable container with a tight fitting lid. The container shall be lined with a moisture-proof disposable liner which may not be reused. When the container is full, the liner and the used diapers shall be removed to a clean area, away from the children, and shall be inaccessible by flies, insects, rodents and other pests. Cloth diapers, once used, shall be laundered or removed from the facility daily.
(4) Diaper changing stations shall be used only for the purpose of diaper changing.
(d) Feeding.
(1) A child’s hands shall be washed immediately prior to and immediately after consuming any food or beverage.
(2) Food and beverages shall be served in separate containers for each infant or child. Food and beverages shall not be served directly to a child from the original container, unless it is a single portion, single-use container. Once served to a person, portions of leftover food or beverages shall not be served again, except that packaged foods or beverages, other than potentially hazardous food, that are still packaged and are still in sound condition, may be reserved.
(3) Bottled infant formula shall be properly capped when not in use and shall be identified with the child’s name. Formula, once prepared or opened, shall be refrigerated. Any formula prepared but not utilized on the day it is opened or mixed shall be discarded at the end of that day.
(Ord. 11209, § 3, passed 11-24-1992)