DCF 252.42(3)(a)13.13. For any person who will be providing care and supervision to children under 5 years of age, department-approved training in shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma and appropriate ways to manage crying, fussing, or distraught children. DCF 252.42(3)(b)(b) All counselors and volunteers who are counted in determining the counselor-to-child ratio shall receive pre-camp training. The pre-camp training shall be for a minimum of 24 hours and shall include orientation at the base camp. DCF 252.42(3)(c)(c) Volunteers who are not counted as counselors for meeting the required counselor-to-child ratio are exempt from the 24-hour pre-camp training if all of the following conditions are met: DCF 252.42(3)(c)1.1. The volunteer receives at least 4 hours of training in day camp programming, as required under par. (a), including orientation at the base camp. DCF 252.42(3)(c)2.2. The volunteer works under the supervision of a counselor who has met the training requirements specified in par. (b). DCF 252.42(3)(d)(d) The camp director shall plan and implement monthly staff meetings that provide ongoing supervision and in-service training for the staff. DCF 252.42(3)(e)(e) All camp staff in regular contact with the children, including the camp director and each counselor, shall obtain and maintain a current certificate of completion for child and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), including department-approved training in the use of an automatic external defibrillator prior to working with children in care. The CPR training may be included in pre-camp training. DCF 252.42(3)(f)(f) The camp director shall coordinate the volunteer program and keep on file documentation of the days and hours worked for volunteers who are included for meeting the required counselor-to-child ratio. 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.