DCF 250.095(3)(3) The licensee shall be at the center for at least 30 hours per month for the exclusive purpose of carrying out licensee responsibilities in sub. (2).

DCF 250.095 HistoryHistory: CR 07-102: cr. Register December 2008 No. 636, eff. 1-1-09; EmR1918: emerg. am. (intro.), eff. 1-30-19; CR 19-089: am. (intro.) Register March 2020 No. 771, eff. 4-1-20; CR 21-100: am. (1) Register February 2023 No. 806, eff. 3-1-23.

DCF 250.10(1)(1) Applicability. Family child care centers that operate during any period of time between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. shall comply with the requirements of this section.

DCF 250.10(2)(a)(a) When the same premises are 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 250.10(2)(b)(b) Minimum staff-to-child ratios and group sizes under Table DCF 250.055 shall be maintained during night care.

DCF 250.10(2)(c)(c) The parent or center shall provide each child in care after 10:00 p.m. with an individually labeled sleeping garment and a toothbrush.

DCF 250.10(3)(a)(a) Child care staff shall ascertain from a child’s parent a child’s typical family activities during the period the child is at the center for night care and strive to replicate those activities with the child.

DCF 250.10(3)(b)(b) A center offering night care shall provide a self-contained room away from sleeping children where an awake child may engage in activities.

DCF 250.10(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 250.10(3)(d)(d) School-age children shall have an opportunity to read or do school work.

DCF 250.10(4)(a)(a) A provider shall develop, submit to the department, and implement a plan to evacuate sleeping children in an emergency. Review of the plan shall be part of the orientation under s. DCF 250.05 (3).

DCF 250.10(4)(b)(b) Centers operating during hours of darkness shall have emergency lighting, such as an operable flashlight, readily available to a provider.

DCF 250.10(4)(c)(c) Providers shall be awake, available, within call and able to respond to the needs of the children whenever children are in care.

DCF 250.10(5)(a)(a) Breakfast shall be served to all children in care for the night, unless the parent specifies otherwise.

DCF 250.10(5)(c)(c) A child present at the time the evening meal is served shall be served the evening meal.

DCF 250.10(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 250.10(6)(b)(b) Sleep routines for individual children shall be based on information provided by the parents.

DCF 250.10(6)(c)(c) A bed, crib or cot with sheets and blankets individual to each child shall be provided for children spending the night.

DCF 250.10(6)(d)(d) The center shall maintain a supply of extra sleeping garments and bedding for emergencies and accidents.

DCF 250.10(6)(e)(e) Children under 2 years of age in night care shall sleep in cribs.

DCF 250.10 HistoryHistory: CR 03-052: cr. Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 3-1-05; corrections in (2) (b) and (4) (a) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635; EmR1918: emerg. am. (1), (2) (b), (c), (4) (a), eff. 1-30-19; CR 19-089: am. (1), (2) (b), (c), (4) (a) Register March 2020 No. 771, eff. 4-1-20; correction in (4) (a) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register March 2020 No. 711.