BCAL-Pub-452, Licensing Rules for Child Caring …

1 LICENSINGRULESFORCHILDCARINGINSTITUTIONS EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/8/15 Licensing Rules FOR Child Caring INSTITUTIONS1973 PA 116, as amended, (hereafter referred to as Act 116) provides for the protection of children through the Licensing and regulation of Child care organizations and for the establishment of standards for Child care in the form of administrative care organizations are defined in Section 1(a) of Act 116: Child care organization means a governmental or nongovernmental organi zation having as its principal function the receiving of minor children under 18 years of age for care, maintenance, training, and supervision. A Child Caring institution is one type of Child care organization covered in Act 116. Child Caring insti tutions are defined in Section 1(b) of Act 116 as follows: Child Caring institution means a Child care facility which is organized for the purpose of receiving minor children for care, maintenance, and supervi sion, usually on a 24-hour basis, in buildings maintained by the institution for that purpose, and operates throughout the year.

2 An educational program may be provided, but the educational program shall not be the primary purpose of the facility. Child Caring institution includes a maternity home for the care of unmarried mothers who are minors and an agency group home, which is de scribed as a small Child Caring institution owned, leased, or rented by a li censed agency providing care for more than 4 but less than 13 minor children. Child Caring institution also includes institutions for mentally retarded or emo tionally disturbed minor children. Child Caring organization does not include a hospital, nursing home, or home for the aged licensed under article 17 of Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended, being sections to of the Michigan Compiled Laws, a boarding school licensed under section 1335 of Act No.

3 451 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or a hospital for the mentally ill licensed under Act No. 258 of the Public Acts of 1974, as amended, being sections to of the Michigan Compiled Laws. iTABLE OF CONTENTSPart 1. General ProvisionsPage Definitions .. Inspection and approval of institution .. Space and equipment requirements .. Rules compliance .. Rules variance .. Original licensure; application .. Deemed status .. Financing and audit .. Program statement .. Employees qualified under prior Rules .. Job description .. Staff qualifications .. Employee records .. Tuberculosis screening for employees and volunteers .. First aid; CPR .. Chief administrator; responsibilities .. Chief administrator; qualifications.

4 Social service supervisor; qualifications .. Social service worker; qualifications .. Supervisor of direct care workers; qualifications .. Direct care worker; qualifications .. Resident and parent visitation .. Education .. Communication .. Personal possessions; money; clothing; storage space .. Sufficiency of staff .. Staff-to-resident ratio .. Initial staff orientation and ongoing staff training .. Institutions serving developmentally disabled youth; written procedures .. Privacy and confidentiality .. Compliance with Child protection law; development of plan required .. Grievance procedures .. Institutional care for children under 6 years of age .. Religious/spiritual policy and practices .. Resident work experience .. Recreational activities, equipment, and supplies; swimming restriction.

5 Sleeping rooms .. Bedding and linen .. Driver s Transportation .. Safety belts .. Health services; policies and procedures .. Medical treatment; supervision .. Admission health screening; physical examinations .. Periodic physical examinations ..14iiPart 1. General provisions (cont d) Immunizations .. Dental care .. Personal hygiene .. Resident nutrition .. Incident reporting .. Emergency; continuity of operation procedures .. Initial documentation .. Shelter care and detention institutions; preliminary service plans .. Shelter care and detention institutions; service plans .. Institutions not detention institutions or shelter care institutions; initial treatment plan .. Institutions not detention institutions or shelter care institutions; updated treatment plan.

6 Behavior management .. Discipline .. Resident restraint .. Seclusion rooms; department approval required .. Seclusion rooms; policies and procedures .. Seclusion rooms; administrative oversight .. Secure facilities serving juvenile justice youth; seclusion room .. Secure facilities serving juvenile justice youth; reintegration .. Secure facilities serving juvenile justice youth; lockdown .. Discharge .. Case record maintenance .. Rescinded .. Rescinded .. Rescinded .. Rescinded .. Rescinded ..23 Rescinded .. Rescinded .. Rescinded .. Rescinded .. Rescinded .. Rescinded .. Rescission ..23 Part 2. Short-Term Rescinded .. Rescinded .. Rescinded .. Rescinded .. Rescinded .. Rescinded ..24iiiPart 3. Residential Treatment Rescinded.

7 Rescinded .. Rescinded .. Rescinded .. Rescinded .. Rescinded .. Rescinded .. Rescinded ..25 Part 4. Environmental Health and Applicability .. Facility and premises maintenance .. Ventilation .. Natural light .. Water supply .. Toilet and bathing facilities .. Food service facilities, equipment, and procedures .. Garbage and refuse .. Sewage Disposal ..27 Heating equipment ..27 Swimming beaches and pools ..27 Part 5. Fire Safety for Small, Largeand Secure institution Definitions .. Applicability .. Adoption by reference .. Plans and specifications .. Fire drills and telephone .. Facility location .. Sleeping rooms .. Combustible materials and decorations, furnishings and Rescinded .. Electrical installations.

8 32 Facility construction .. Interior finish .. Fire protection .. Fire detection; small facilities .. Fire detection; large facilities .. Sprinkler systems .. Fire extinguishers .. Fire alarm ..36ivPart 5. Fire Safety for Small, Large and Secure institution Facilities (cont d) Means of egress ..36 Stairways, halls, and corridors .. Doors .. Seclusion room ..38 Partition construction .. Large and secure facilities, lighting in means of egress .. Elevators and dumbwaiters .. Heating devices and flame-producing devices .. Air-handling equipment .. Smoke barriers .. Storage rooms .. Combustible storage .. Cooking appliances .. Rubbish handling and incinerators .. Laundries .. Motor vehicle housing .. Garages .. Assemblage area.

9 43 Part 6. Fire Safety for ResidentialGroup Home Applicability .. Definitions .. Adoption by reference .. Plan review .. Evacuation training and telephone .. Facility location .. Combustible materials, decorations, furnishing, and bedding .. Basement as sleeping room prohibited .. Electrical service .. Residential group home facility construction .. Locked seclusion room; prohibition .. Interior Finish .. Automatic sprinkler protection .. Smoke detection equipment .. Fire extinguishers .. Fire alarm systems .. Means of egress .. Special requirements for facilities Caring for nonambulatory residents .. Stairs .. Doors .. Heating devices and flame-producing devices .. Storage rooms .. Cooking appliances .. Garages ..521 MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESDIVISION OF Child WELFARE LICENSINGLICENSING Child Caring INSTITUTIONSF iled with the Secretary of State on May 6, 2015.

10 These Rules take effect 30 days after filing with the Secretary of State(By authority conferred on the director of the Department of Health and Human Services by sections 2, 5, 10, and 14 of 1973 PA 116, and Reorganization Nos. 1996-1, 1996-2, 2003-1 and 2004-4 MCL , , , , and )PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONSR 101. As used in these Rules :(a) Accredited college or university means a college or university recognized by the United States department of education.(b) Act means 1973 PA 116, as amended, being MCL to , and known as the Child care organization Licensing act. (c) Audit means a review done by an auditor that conforms with generally accepted accounting principles.(d) Case record means the individual file kept by an institution concerning a Child who has been placed at the institution.