Kan. Admin. Regs. § 30-47-922

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024

Section 30-47-922 - Transportation

Each licensee shall ensure that the requirements of this regulation are met when any foster child receiving services from the child-placement agency is transported by a staff member or a volunteer of the child-placement agency.

(a) The driver shall be 18 years of age or older and shall hold an operator's license of a type appropriate for the vehicle being used, a copy of which shall be provided to the child-placement agency.

(b) The transporting vehicle shall be maintained in a safe operating condition.

(c) The vehicle shall be covered by accident and liability insurance as required by the state of Kansas.

(d) Trailers pulled by another vehicle, camper shells, or truck beds shall not be used for the transportation of any child.

(e) The use of seat belts and child safety seats shall include the following:

(1) Each foster child shall be secured by the use of a seat belt or a child safety seat when the vehicle is in motion.

(2) No more than one foster child shall be secured in any seat belt or child safety seat.

(3) Each seat belt shall be properly anchored to the vehicle.

(4) When a child safety seat, including a booster seat, is required, the seat shall meet the following requirements:

(A) Have current federal approval;

(B) be installed and used according to the manufacturer's instructions and the vehicle owner's manual;

(C) be appropriate to the height, weight, and physical condition of the child, according to the manufacturer's instructions and meet the requirements of K.S.A. 8-1344 and amendments thereto;

(D) be properly maintained;

(E) have a label with the date of manufacture and model number, for use in case of a product recall; and

(F) have no missing parts or cracks in the frame or have been in a collision.

(f) The health and safety of the children riding in the vehicle shall be protected as follows:

(1) All passenger doors shall be locked while the vehicle is in motion.

(2) Order shall be maintained at all times to allow safe operation of the vehicle.

(3) All parts of each foster child's body shall remain inside the vehicle at all times.

(4) Foster children shall neither enter nor exit from the vehicle from or into a lane of traffic.

(5) When the vehicle is vacated, the driver shall make certain that no foster child is left in the vehicle.

(6) Smoking in the vehicle shall be prohibited.

(7) When any foster child is in the vehicle, the driver shall pull over and stop the vehicle to use a cellular phone only for communication that is critical and is of short duration.

(8) Each foster child shall be transported to the location designated by the licensee with no unauthorized stops along the way, except in an emergency.

(g) If a vehicle used for transportation of a foster child that is receiving services from the child-placement agency is owned or leased by the child-placement agency, a first aid kit shall be in the vehicle.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 30-47-922

Authorized by K.S.A. 65-508, 75-3084, and 75-3085; implementing K.S.A. 65-508; adopted by Kansas Register Volume 43, No. 21; effective 6/7/2024.