HAR §17-896.1-35. Staff training, experience, and personal qualifications

(a) Each caregiver shall be qualified through training, experience, and personal qualities for the age group with which the person works. (b) Each caregiver, substitute, and volunteer within forty-five days of hire, shall complete initial training that is approved by the department in health and safety standards which addresses the following areas: (1) Prevention and control of infectious diseases (including immunizations); (2) Prevention of sudden infant death syndrome and use of safe sleeping practices; (3) Administration of medication, consistent with standards for parental consent; (4) Prevention and response to emergencies due to food and allergic reactions; (5) Building and physical premises safety; (6) Prevention of shaken baby syndrome, abusive head trauma, and child maltreatment; (7) Emergency preparedness and response planning for emergencies resulting from a natural disaster or a man-caused event; 896.1-27 3546 §17-896.1-35 (8) Handling and storage of hazardous materials and the appropriate disposal of biocontaminants; (9) Appropriate precautions in transporting children, if applicable; (10) Pediatric first aid and child cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and (11) Recognition and reporting of child abuse and neglect. (c) When a caregiver, substitute, or volunteer has not provided child care for one hundred eighty consecutive days or more, the initial training in subsection (b) shall be repeated. (d) After the initial training in health and safety standards is completed with one hundred percent accuracy and the results are received and recorded by the department, each caregiver shall complete on-going training appropriate to the age of children the caregiver serves within twelve months from the date the initial training was received and recorded by the department, and then annually thereafter. (1) Each caregiver staff member shall complete at least sixteen hours of department-approved training annually in at least two of the topic areas in subsection (e). (2) Substitutes shall complete at least ten hours of department-approved training annually in at least two of the topic areas in subsection (e). (3) Volunteers who serve ten hours or more a week shall complete at least eight hours of department-approved training annually in at least two of the topics areas in subsection (e). (4) When an individual does not meet the requirements in subsection (d) or does not provide evidence of working to complete on-going training, the individual shall no longer be eligible to meet the staff-child ratio in accordance with sections 17-896.1-36(e) and (f). (e) Each caregiver shall provide written 896.1-28 3546