WAC 110-145-3120. Meals, snacks, and menus

Licensees when providing meals and snacks for children and youth: (1) Must: (a) Verify personnel are aware of each child's and youth's dietary restrictions in a manner that maintains the child's and youth's privacy; and (b) Complete the following, except facilities caring for medically fragile children must follow WAC 110-145-3470 : (i) Serve a variety of foods to children and youth in care that balance their nutritional, cultural, and development needs with foods they enjoy; (ii) Provide children and youth at least three meals and two snacks in each 24-hour period during the child's and youth's waking hours; (iii) Establish and post a schedule of mealtimes; (iv) Routinely provide an opportunity during mealtimes for socialization for children and youth; (v) Prepare and date daily menus, including snacks, at least one week in advance; and (vi) Keep menus for at least six months; and (2) May: (a) Vary from the requirements in subsection (1)(b)(ii) of this section only with: (i) Written approval from the child's or youth's licensed health care provider; and (ii) Notification to the child's or youth's representatives; and (b) Serve home canned foods, if they have department-approved policies and procedures, prior to serving them and include the following: (i) Children and youth in care participate in growing and canning the food being served; and (ii) They follow the guidelines on proper food canning processes and preparation from the United States Department of Agriculture.