Minimum qualifications for all staff members responsible for caring for or teaching children

Each staff member who provides care shall: 1. Be at least fourteen years of age, provided that each staff member under age sixteen provides written parental consent for employment as a staff member, and the employment arrangements comply with North Dakota Century Code chapter 34-07. A member of the immediate family of the provider may provide care if the family member is at least twelve years of age; 2. Be an individual of good physical, cognitive, social, and emotional health and use mature judgment when making decisions impacting the quality of child care; 3. Certify completion of a department-approved basic child care course within ninety days of employment; 4. Be currently certified within ninety days of employment and prior to staff member having unsupervised access to children under care, in infant and pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator by the American heart association, American red cross, or other similar cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training programs that are approved by the department; 5. Be currently certified within ninety days of employment and prior to staff member having unsupervised access to children under care, in pediatric first aid by a program approved by the department; 6. Certify annual completion of one hour of department-approved mandated reporter of suspected child abuse or neglect training; 7. Certify completion of one hour of department-approved safe sleep training prior to staff member providing care to infants and annually thereafter; and 8. Receive orientation to the family child care program during the first week of employment. The orientation must be documented on an orientation certification form and must address the following: a. Emergency health, fire, and safety procedures; b. The importance of handwashing and sanitation procedures to reduce the spread of infection and disease among children and staff members; c. Any special health or nutrition instructions regarding the children assigned to the staff member; d. Any special needs of the children assigned to the staff member; e. The planned program of activities at the family child care; f. Rules and policies of the family child care; and g. Child abuse and neglect reporting laws.