Provision of food and water to children.

) 1. Three healthy meals and appropriate snacks must be provided daily in the quantity and quality necessary to meet the child’s dietary, nutritional and caloric needs. 2. Consideration must be given to the child’s cultural and religious dietary preferences. 3. Special diets must be followed as prescribed. 4. Drinking water must be available to all children at all times, unless a written medical authorization or order of a provider of health care for withholding drinking water is kept on record and is available to the licensing authority. 5. Only use of pasteurized milk or powder dry milk may be allowed for foster children’s consumption. 6. Children must have access to healthy snacks and drinks between meals. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the kitchen refrigerator must not be locked unless a written medical authorization or order of a provider of health care requiring the restriction of food to a child due to health concerns is provided to the licensing authority. A licensee may use a child-proof latch for the safety of toddlers in the foster home or a refrigerator alarm. 7. Foster children must be included with the family during meals and must not be seated separately. 8. Foster children must be provided the same quality of food that the foster parents and their family consume in the foster home. 9. Nutritious food alternatives must be made available to a foster child if the foster child possesses a known allergy to foods that are served for meals or snacks. 10. As used in this section, “provider of health care” means a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant or homeopathic physician.