470 Ind. Admin. Code 3-4.7-24

Current through October 31, 2024

Section 470 IAC 3-4.7-24 - Caregiver qualifications

Authority: IC 12-13-5-3

Affected: IC 12-17.2-4

Sec. 24.

All caregivers counted in child/staff ratios shall meet the following qualifications:

(1) They shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age.

(2) They shall have a high school diploma or shall have passed an equivalency test.

(3) They shall have reading skills to be able to read the following:

(A) Emergency information.

(B) Prescription labels.

(C) First aid and emergency evacuation directives.

(D) Menus.

(E) Medical information.

(F) Special dietary information.

(G) Intake information on children.

(4) They shall have writing skills to be able to document the following:

(A) Accident reports and significant occurrences.

(B) The time and administering of medication.

(C) Diapering and feeding information.

(D) The developmental progress of children.

(5) All early childhood professionals who were employed as a caregiver prior to December 1, 1985, are exempt from the specific educational requirements for this position provided that his or her position continues as an early childhood professional at that child care center.

470 IAC 3-4.7-24

Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3-4.7-24; filed Aug 11, 2003, 3:00 p.m.: 27 IR 126; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFA

Readopted filed 11/13/2019, 11:56 a.m.: 20191211-IR-470190490RFA