Wis. Admin. Code Department of Children and Families DCF 252.07

Current through August 26, 2024

Section DCF 252.07 - Non-discrimination, confidentiality, and reporting child abuse or neglect

(1) DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.

(a) The licensee shall ensure that the day camp does not discriminate in employment against properly qualified individuals in a manner prohibited in ss. 111.31 to 111.395, Stats.

(b) The licensee shall ensure that the day camp does not discriminate against any enrolled child and family or any applicant for enrollment in admission, privilege of enrollment, or discharge condition on the basis of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, creed, disability, national origin, or ancestry as provided in s. 106.52, Stats.

(2) CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS.

(a) The licensee is responsible for the day camp's compliance with s. 48.78, Stats., and this subsection.

(b) Persons who have access to children's records may not discuss or disclose personal or other information about a child or a child's relatives. This paragraph does not apply to any of the following:

1. The child's parent.

2. Any person, business, school, social services provider, medical provider, or other agency or organization if written parental consent has been given.

3. An agency authorized under s. 48.78, Stats., to have access to children's records.

(c) If a parent requests a record or report on the parent's child, the day camp shall make the record or report accessible to the parent.

(d) All records required by the department for licensing purposes shall be made available to licensing representatives upon request.

(3) REPORTING CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT.

(a) A licensee, employee, or volunteer at a day camp who knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that a child has been abused or neglected as defined in s. 48.02(1) or (12g), Stats., shall immediately contact the county department of social services under s. 46.22, Stats., the county department of human services under 46.23, Stats., the department in a county with a population of 750,000 or more, or the local law enforcement agency in compliance with s. 48.981, Stats.

(b) The licensee shall ensure that every employee or volunteer who comes in contact with the children at the day camp has received annual pre-camp training in all of the following:

1. Child abuse and neglect laws;

2. Identification of children who have been abused or neglected; and

3. The process for ensuring that known or suspected cases of child abuse or neglect are immediately reported to the proper authorities.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Children and Families DCF 252.07

Cr. Register, October, 1984, No. 346, eff. 11-1-84; CR 07-102: r. and recr. (1) and (2), am. (3) (b) (intro.) Register December 2008 No. 636, eff. 1-1-09.

Amended by, EmR1918: emerg. am. (title), r. and recr. (2) (b) 1., 2., am. (2) (c), (3) (title), (a), (b) (intro.), 3., eff. 1-30-19; CR 19-089: am. (title), r. and recr. (2) (b) 1., 2., am. (2) (c), (3) (title), (a), (b) (intro.), 3. Register March 2020 No. 771, eff. 4/1/2020

Failure of the licensee to report known or suspected incidents of child abuse or neglect does not lessen the legal duty of the child care worker to report known or suspected cases of child abuse or neglect.