Section R. 400.1915 - Indoor space; play equipment and materialsRule 15.
(1) A child care home shall provide not less than 35 square feet per child of safe, usable, accessible indoor floor space, not including bathrooms and storage areas.(2) Only space that has received prior approval for child use by the department may be used for child care.(3) A variety of easily accessible activity choices must be available to a child that are safe and appropriate for a child at his or her stage of development. The number of choices must be based on the number of children who are permitted to attend the licensed child care home. All of the following apply to activity choices available: (a) Materials may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (iii) Blocks and accessories.(iv) Large muscle equipment.(vii) Dramatic play materials.(b) All materials and equipment must be kept clean, free of hazards, and in good repair.(c) Toys and other play equipment soiled by secretion or excretion must be cleaned with soap and water, rinsed, and sanitized before being used by a child.(4) A licensee shall not use any equipment, materials, or furnishings recalled or identified by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission as being hazardous. These products are identified on the commissions website at http://www.cpsc.gov.(5) As required by section 15 of the children's product safety act, 2000 PA 219, MCL 722.1065, a licensee shall conspicuously post in the child care home an updated copy of the list of recalled or unsafe children's products that is provided by the department through its Michigan Child Care Matters (MCCM) online newsletter and available at the departments website www.michigan.gov/mccmatters.(6) All children shall be protected from materials that could be swallowed or present a choking hazard. Toys or objects with removable parts less than 1 1/4 inches in diameter and less than 2 1/4 inches in length, as well as balls smaller than 1 - inches in diameter are prohibited for children under 3 years of age.(7) Trampolines and bounce houses must not be used indoors by children in care.Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.1915
2005 AACS; 2009 AACS; 2020 MR 23, Eff. 12/13/2019