WAC 110-145-2840. Enhanced supervision for high-risk activities, including bodies of water

Licensees and their direct care staff and direct care volunteers must: (1) Provide enhanced supervision when children and youth in care participate in high-risk activities based on their developmental capabilities, unless there is a supervision plan approved by their representatives that allows them to participate in high-risk activities without enhanced supervision; and (2) Complete the following when children or youth in care participate in the following high-risk activities: (a) Riding on or using motorized vehicles and equipment: (i) Comply with all laws pertaining to the use of the motorized vehicles and equipment; and (ii) Instruct them on and require the use of appropriate protective and safety gear; (b) Be within touching distance of children age birth through five years old when they use or are around: (i) Hot tubs; (ii) Swimming pools; (iii) Spas; and (iv) Man-made and natural bodies of water; (c) Follow the following staffing requirements when swimming in pools or outdoor bodies of water, excluding small shallow pools, if: (i) A lifeguard is on duty, comply with staffing ratio requirements outlined in WAC 110-145-2820 ; or (ii) A lifeguard is not on duty: (A) When supervising two or more children or youth, have at least two direct care staff or direct care volunteers present and comply with staffing ratio requirements outlined in WAC 110-145-2820 ; and (B) At least one of the direct care staff or direct care volunteers present must: (I) Have a lifeguard or water safety certification; or (II) Know how to swim, how to use rescue equipment, and have it with them; and (d) Require children and youth in care to wear U.S. Coast Guard-approved personal flotation devices when swimming in nondesignated swimming areas or using a water-based recreation device.