Section 470 IAC 3-4.7-131 - Infant/toddler equipment; generalAuthority: IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-17.2-4
Sec. 131.
(a) The center shall provide indoor and outdoor play materials and equipment for caregivers to use with infants and toddlers to stimulate learning, growth, health, and development.(b) Equipment and play materials shall be durable and free from characteristics that may be hazardous or injurious to infants and toddlers. Hazardous or injurious characteristics include, but are not limited to: (4) objects small enough for children to swallow.(c) Diaper bags and car seats from home shall not be allowed in the infant and toddler rooms.(d) All articles that are used by infants or toddlers shall be sanitizable and sanitized daily and whenever soiled.(e) All articles an infant chews on shall be sanitized after each child's use.(f) Caregivers shall not attach pacifiers, if used, near or around the child's neck.(g) Caregivers shall sanitize pacifiers when contaminated.(h) The indoor and outdoor environment shall include ramps and steps that are the correct size for children to practice newly acquired skills.(i) The infant and toddler outdoor play space must be separate from that of older children.(j) Infants and toddlers shall have indoor/outdoor small climbing equipment that they can go in and out of, over, and around.Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3-4.7-131; filed Aug 11, 2003, 3:00 p.m.: 27 IR 155; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFAReadopted filed 11/13/2019, 11:56 a.m.: 20191211-IR-470190490RFA