Section 3800.57. Supervision

(a) While children are at the facility, children shall be supervised during awake and sleeping hours by conducting observational checks of each child at least every hour.

(b) Observational checks of children specified in subsection (a) shall include actual viewing of each child.

(c) Staff persons may not sleep while being counted in the staff to child ratios.

(d) The requirements in subsections (a)—(c) regarding supervision of children during sleeping hours do not apply if the facility serves 12 or fewer children and one of the following conditions is met:

(1) Each of the children has lived at any facility within the legal entity for at least 6 months and each child’s health and safety assessment indicates there are no high risk behaviors during sleeping hours.

(2) There are live-in staff persons at the facility.

Notation

Cross References

This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 3800.273 (relating to exceptions for secure care); 55 Pa. Code § 3800.292 (relating to exceptions for transitional living); 55 Pa. Code § 3800.302 (relating to exceptions for outdoor and mobile programs); and 55 Pa. Code § 3800.311 (relating to exceptions for day treatment).