N.D. Admin. Code 75-03-11-26

Current through Supplement No. 395, January, 2025

Section 75-03-11-26 - Minimum provisions regarding emergency care for children

The preschool must have written plans to respond to illness and emergencies including burns, serious injury, and ingestion of poison. The operator shall ensure that parents of enrolled children are advised of these plans. Plans must:

1. Establish emergency response procedures;

2. Provide accessible posting of emergency response procedures and require training for all staff members concerning those emergency procedures;

3. Require the availability of at least one working flashlight;

4. Require at least one department-approved first-aid kit maintained and kept in a designated location, inaccessible to children, yet readily accessible to staff members at all times;

5. Provide a working telephone line immediately accessible to staff members with a list of emergency telephone numbers conspicuously posted;

6. Provide a plan for responding to minor illnesses and minor accidents when children are in the care of the preschool, and provide a plan for accessing available medical consultation regarding special care and medication;

7. Require written permission to dispense medication and proper instructions for the administration of medication, obtained from the parent of a child in the preschool who requires medication.

a. Medication prescribed by a medical provider must be accompanied by the medical provider's written instructions as to dosage and storage, and labeled with the child's name and date;

b. Medication must be stored in an area inaccessible to children, and medication stored in a refrigerator must be stored collectively in a spillproof container; and

c. The operator shall keep a written record of the administration of medication, including over-the-counter medication, for each child. Records must include the date and time of each dose administered, the dosage, the name of the staff member administering the medication, and the name of the child. The operator shall include completed medication records in the child's record;

8. Require a supervised temporary isolation area designated for a child who is too ill to remain in the preschool, or who has an infectious or contagious disease, with the following procedures being followed when those signs or symptoms are observed:

a. Parents are notified immediately and asked to pick up their child; and

b. First aid is provided and medical care is sought, as necessary;

9. Identify a source of emergency services available to the preschool, including:

a. A prearranged plan for emergency medical care in which parents of enrolled children are advised of the arrangement;

b. Provisions for emergency transportation, specifically that when a child is to be brought to another place for emergency care, an adult staff member responsible for caring for or teaching children shall remain with the child until medical personnel assume the responsibility for the child's care and until the parent is notified;

10. Establish and implement practices in accordance with guidance obtained through consultation with local health unit authorities or authorities from the public health division of the department regarding the exclusion and return of children with infectious or communicable conditions. The operator may obtain this guidance directly or through current published materials regarding exclusion and return to the preschool;

11. Require information be provided to parents, as needed, concerning child health and social services available in the community;

12. Require that the preschool inform parents in writing of any first aid administered to their child within twenty-four hours of the incident, immediately notify parents of any injury which requires emergency care beyond first aid, and require each injury report to be made a part of the child's record; and

13. Notify parents, legal custodians, or guardians of a child's exposure to a presumed of confirmed reportable infectious disease.

N.D. Admin Code 75-03-11-26

Effective December 1, 1981; amended effective January 1, 1987; July 1, 1996; July 1, 1996, amendments voided by the Administrative Rules Committee effective August 24, 1996; amended effective January 1, 1999; January 2, 2011.

Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2022-387, January 2023, effective 1/1/2023.

Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2024-392, April 2024, effective 4/1/2024.

General Authority: NDCC 50-11.1-08

Law Implemented: NDCC 50-11.1-01, 50-11.1-04, 50-11.1-08