DCF 252.42(4)(a)(a) No licensee, employee, volunteer, visitor, or parent with symptoms of a communicable disease reportable under ch. DHS 145 or a serious illness that presents a safety or health risk to children may be in contact with the children in care. DCF 252.42(4)(b)1.1. No licensee, employee, volunteer, visitor, or parent whose behavior gives reasonable concern for the safety of the children may be in contact with the children in care. DCF 252.42(4)(b)2.2. The department may require a licensee, employee or other person in contact with the children in care whose behavior gives reasonable concern for the safety of children to submit to an examination by a licensed mental health professional as a condition of licensure or employment. DCF 252.42(4)(c)(c) No person with a health history of typhoid, paratyphoid, dysentery, or other diarrheal disease may work in a camp until it is determined by appropriate tests that the person is not a carrier of the disease. DCF 252.42 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, October, 1984, No. 346, eff. 11-1-84; CR 04-040: cr. (2) (a) 11. Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 1-1-05; correction in (2) (a) 7. made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635; CR 07-102: am. (1) (a), (c), (d), (2) (a) (intro.), 1. to 4., (b), (c) (intro.), 1., 2., (d), (3) (title), (a), (b), (d), (e) and (4) (title), r. and recr. (2) (a) 7. to 11., (3) (c) and (f), cr. (2) (a) 12., 13., (e) to (g), (3) (g) to (k), (4) (b), (c) and Table, renum. (4) to be (4) (a) and am. Register December 2008 No. 636, eff. 1-1-09; corrections in (2) (a) 2., 7., (3) (b), (f), (k), (4) (a) and Table made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2008 No. 636; EmR1918: emerg. r. and recr., eff. 1-30-19; CR 19-089: r. and recr. Register March 2020 No. 771, eff. 4-1-20; CR 21-100: am. (1) (a) (intro.), 2., 3., (3) (a) 10. Register February 2023 No. 806, eff. 3-1-23. DCF 252.425DCF 252.425 Supervision and grouping of children. DCF 252.425(1)(a)(a) Each child shall be supervised at all times to guide the child’s behavior and activities, prevent harm, and ensure safety. DCF 252.425(1)(b)(b) All children in care shall be assigned to a counselor. The camp shall implement a procedure to ensure that the number, names, and whereabouts of children in care are known to the assigned camp counselor at all times. DCF 252.425(1)(c)1.1. Counselors who are included for meeting the required counselor-to-child ratio may not provide care to children more than 12 hours in any 24-hour period. DCF 252.425(1)(c)2.2. Notwithstanding subd. 1., camps that provide an occasional overnight activity for children enrolled in the camp may allow a counselor to provide care for children for more than 12 hours in the 24-hour period to permit the counselor to remain with the children during the overnight session. DCF 252.425(1)(d)(d) No licensee, employee, volunteer, or other individual in contact with children may consume alcoholic beverages or any non-prescribed controlled substance specified in ch. 961 Stats., on the premises of the camp or be under the influence of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance, during the hours of the camp’s operation. DCF 252.425(1)(e)(e) A child may not be released to any person who has not been previously authorized by the parent. DCF 252.425(1)(f)(f) The camp shall implement a procedure to contact a parent if a child is absent from the camp without prior notification from the parent. DCF 252.425(1)(g)(g) A child may not be in care for more than 14 hours in any 24-hour period. DCF 252.425(1)(h)(h) The camp director shall be at the camp during the hours of operation, except if any of the following conditions are met: DCF 252.425(1)(h)2.2. The camp director is on a field trip with some of the children and has a reliable method of communicating easily with the camp. DCF 252.425(1)(h)3.3. Another qualified person that is identified in the written delegation of administrative authority under s. DCF 252.41 (1) (p) is present at the camp and is authorized to make decisions for the camp. DCF 252.425(1)(i)(i) When 9 or more children are present at the camp, there shall be at least 2 adults available at all times and at least one of the adults shall be a counselor. DCF 252.425(2)(a)1.1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 4., the ratio of counselors to children may not be less than the minimum number of counselors to children specified in Table DCF 252.425. TABLE DCF 252.425
COUNSELOR-TO-CHILD RATIO FOR CHILDREN IN A DAY CAMP
DCF 252.425(2)(a)2.2. When there is a mixed-age group, the counselor-to-child ratio shall be adjusted on a pro rata basis, according to age. DCF 252.425 NoteNote: The department’s form, Counselor-to-Child Ratio Worksheet may be used to prorate the staff-to-child ratio for mixed age groups. Information on how to obtain forms is available on the department’s website, https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/cclicensing/ccformspubs.
