Minimum requirements regarding space

Each group child care shall provide adequate indoor and outdoor space for the daily activities of all children within the licensed capacity of the group child care. 1. There must be a minimum of thirty-five square feet [3.25 square meters] of appropriate indoor space per child in the group child care. Indoor space considered must exclude bathrooms, pantries, passageways leading to outdoor exits, areas occupied by furniture or appliances that children should not play on or under, and space that children are not permitted to occupy. 2. There must be a minimum of seventy-five square feet [6.97 square meters] of appropriate outdoor play space per child for the group child care. If available outdoor play space does not accommodate the licensed capacity of the group child care at one time, the total appropriate outdoor play space available must be no less than the number of children in the largest class or group of the group child care multiplied by seventy-five square feet [6.97 square meters]. Operators who provide seventy-five square feet [6.97 square meters] of separate indoor recreation space per child for the largest class or group are exempt from the outdoor space requirement. The provider shall prepare a written schedule of outdoor or separate indoor recreation space playtime which limits the use of the play area to its capacity, giving each class or group an opportunity to play daily.