DCF 251.095 NoteNote: The required records may be in an electronic format at the school-age program site.
DCF 251.095 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, January, 1997, No. 493, eff. 8-1-97; correction in (2) (c) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, April, 1999, No. 520; CR 03-052: renum. from HFS 46.10 and am. (1), (2) (intro.), (c), (3) (intro.) and cr. (3) (dm) Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 3-1-05; corrections in (2), (3) and (4) (b) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635; CR 07-102: am. (2) (intro.), (c), (e), (4) (a) 3., (b) 1. and 3., cr. (4) (a) 5. Register December 2008 No. 636, eff. 1-1-09; correction in (4) (b) 3. made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635; 2015 Wis. Act 132: am. (2) (d), (3) (a) Register February 2016 No. 722, eff. 3-1-16; EmR1918: emerg. cr. (3) (f), (g), am. (4) (b) 1. to 3., r. (4) (c), eff. 1-30-19; CR 19-089: cr. (3) (f), (g), am. (4) (b) 1. to 3., r. (4) (c) Register March 2020 No. 771, eff. 4-1-20; correction in (2) (b), (d), (3) (a), (dm) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register March 2020 No. 771; CR 20-003: am. (2) (d), (e), (3) (a) Register July 2020 No. 775, eff. 8-1-20; CR 21-100: r. and recr. Register February 2023 No. 806, eff. 3-1-23; correction in (5m) (b) 2., 3. made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register February 2023 No. 806.
DCF 251.10DCF 251.10Additional requirements for night care.
DCF 251.10(1)(1)Applicability. Group child care centers that operate during any period of time between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. shall comply with the additional requirements of this section.
DCF 251.10(2)(2)General requirements.
DCF 251.10(2)(a)(a) A center offering night care may serve no more than 20 children at any one time between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., unless the building is equipped with emergency lighting supplied by a stand-by power source.
DCF 251.10(2)(b)(b) When the same premises is used for the operation of both day care and night care, the number of children during any overlapping of the day care and night care periods may not exceed the maximum licensed capacity of the center.
DCF 251.10(2)(c)(c) Minimum staff-to-child ratios and group sizes as specified in s. DCF 251.055 (2) shall be maintained during night care.
DCF 251.10(2)(d)(d) All child care workers on duty shall remain awake, available, within call and able to respond to the needs of the children during night care.
DCF 251.10(2)(e)(e) The parent or center shall provide each child in night care with an individually labeled sleeping garment and a toothbrush.
DCF 251.10(3)(3)Program.
DCF 251.10(3)(a)(a) Child care staff shall work with a child’s parent to coordinate how the child spends his or her time during night care at the center with the family’s schedule.
DCF 251.10(3)(b)(b) A center offering night care shall provide a self-contained room away from sleeping children where an awake child can engage in activities.
DCF 251.10(3)(c)(c) An evening and morning schedule of program activities shall be planned for the hours that children in night care are awake.
DCF 251.10(3)(d)(d) School-age children shall have an opportunity to read or do school work.
DCF 251.10(4)(4)Preventive measures.
DCF 251.10(4)(a)(a) Child care workers shall be given training in techniques of evacuating sleeping children in an emergency during orientation to the job.
DCF 251.10(4)(b)(b) Centers operating during hours of darkness shall provide emergency lighting, such as an operable flashlight, for each self-contained room used by children.
DCF 251.10(4)(c)(c) Fire evacuation drills shall be practiced during night care hours at least 2 times per year.
DCF 251.10(5)(5)Feeding.
DCF 251.10(5)(a)(a) Breakfast shall be served to all children in care for the night, unless the parent specifies otherwise.
DCF 251.10(5)(b)(b) A nighttime snack shall be available to all children in care.
DCF 251.10(5)(c)(c) A child present at the time the evening meal is served shall be served the evening meal.
DCF 251.10(6)(6)Sleep.
DCF 251.10(6)(a)(a) Children who attend the center for the evening hours but not the whole night shall have an opportunity to sleep, as needed.
DCF 251.10(6)(b)(b) Sleep routines for individual children shall be based on information provided by the parents.
DCF 251.10(6)(c)(c) A bed, crib or cot with sheets and blankets or a sleeping bag, individual to each child, shall be provided in night care.
DCF 251.10(6)(d)(d) The center shall maintain a supply of extra sleeping garments and bedding for emergencies and accidents.
DCF 251.10(6)(e)(e) Children under 2 years of age in night care shall sleep in cribs.