Section 7 AAC 50.410 - Supervision of children; child-to-caregiver ratios in residential child care facilities(a) A caregiver shall be on duty in a residential child care facility whenever one or more children are present.(b) Except as provided in (c) of this section, the caregiver-to-child ratio in a facility must be as follows:(1) one caregiver for every six children during any time children are awake and engaged in activity outside their sleeping quarters; and(2) one caregiver for every 12 children during sleeping hours.(c) The caregiver-to-child ratio when there are infants or toddlers in care must be one caregiver for every (1) three infants and toddlers in care during waking hours; and(2) five infants and toddlers in care during sleeping hours.(d) The administrator may be counted as a caregiver for the purposes of (b) and (c) of this section only if the facility serves 12 or fewer children.Eff. 1/1/96, Register 136; am 3/1/98, Register 145Authority:AS 44.29.020
AS 47.35.010