DCF 251.05(3)(i)2.2. A substitute who is employed by the same licensee for more than 240 hours shall complete at least 2 credits or one noncredit, department-approved course in early childhood education before completing 240 cumulative hours of work as a substitute. DCF 251.05 NoteNote: The course for credit called Health, Safety and Nutrition offered by a Wisconsin technical college or the department-approved, non-credit course called Introduction to the Child Care Profession may be used to meet this requirement and if taken after July 1, 2005, also contains the department-approved training on preventing abusive head trauma. Information on agencies offering the department-approved course is available on the department’s website at http://dcf.wisconsin.gov. DCF 251.05(3)(i)3.3. The center director or designee shall maintain a record of the days and hours worked by each substitute. DCF 251.05(3)(j)2.2. A volunteer who is used to meet a center’s required staff-to-child ratios under s. DCF 251.055 shall complete at least 2 credits or one noncredit, department-approved course in early childhood education before completing 240 cumulative hours of work as a volunteer. DCF 251.05 NoteNote: The 3-credit course called Health, Safety and Nutrition offered by a Wisconsin technical college or the department-approved, noncredit course called Introduction to the Child Care Profession may be used to meet this requirement and if taken after July 1, 2005, also contain the department-approved training in shaken baby syndrome prevention. Information on agencies offering the department-approved course is available on the department’s website at http://dcf.wisconsin.gov. DCF 251.05(3)(j)3.3. A volunteer who is not included in determining the center’s required staff-to-child ratios under s. DCF 251.055 shall have training in child care programming and procedures before working with children in care. The training shall include the responsibilities of the volunteer, general child supervision techniques, a review of the daily schedule and general health and safety practices including meal or snack preparation, dishwashing, toileting, personal hygiene and emergency evacuation procedures. This includes volunteers working in a center operated by a parent cooperative. DCF 251.05(3)(j)4.4. The center director or designee shall coordinate the volunteer program and keep on file documentation of the hours worked by volunteers who are used to meet staff-to-child ratios. DCF 251.05(3)(k)1.1. No licensee, employee, volunteer, visitor, or other person with symptoms of serious illness that presents a safety or health risk to children or a communicable disease that is reportable under ch. DHS 145 and transmitted through normal contact may be in contact with children in care. DCF 251.05(3)(k)2.2. No licensee, employee, volunteer, visitor, or other person whose behavior gives reasonable concern for the safety of children may be in contact with the children in care. DCF 251.05(3)(k)3.3. The department may require a licensee, employee, or other person in contact with the children 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 251.05 NoteNote: See also s. DCF 251.11 (1) (f), which requires a written statement from a physician or licensed mental health professional when there is reason to believe that the physical or mental health of a person may endanger children in care. DCF 251.05(3)(k)4.4. No person with a health history of typhoid, paratyphoid, dysentery, or other diarrheal disease may work in a center until it is determined by appropriate tests that the person is not a carrier of the disease. DCF 251.05(4)(a)(a) Orientation. Except as provided under subd. 14., each center shall develop and implement a written orientation program that all new employees, substitutes, and regular volunteers shall complete and document within their first week at the center. The orientation program shall cover all of the following: DCF 251.05 NoteNote: See DCF 251.08 (4) (b) for orientation requirements for persons transporting children.
DCF 251.05(4)(a)4.4. Prevention and response to emergencies due to food and allergic reactions. DCF 251.05(4)(a)8.8. Training in the recognition of childhood illnesses and infectious disease control, including handwashing procedures, universal precautions for handling bodily fluids, and immunizations. DCF 251.05 NoteNote: Information on universal precautions may be obtained from the Child Care Information Center website, https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/ccic, or by calling 800-362-7353.