Records, Policies, Reporting and Posting – Duty to protect children and report incidents Family Home WAC Center WAC Proposed WAC Satisfactory/Minor/Major Conflicts with revisions; Concerns; ECEAP, Head Start, Suggested Alternate Schools District Language Standards and Practices WAC 170-296A-2200 WAC 170-295-6040 170-300-0475 Reporting incidents to 911 What are the Duty to protect children and report (emergency services) requirements incidents. The licensee or primary staff regarding child An early learning provider must protect person must call 911 and abuse and neglect? enrolled children from child abuse, neglect, report to emergency services You and your maltreatment, or exploitation as defined in the following: staff must chapter 26.44 RCW while in care. Weight A child missing from protect the #8 care, as soon as the child in care license or staff realized from child An early learning provider must report by the child is missing; abuse, phone the following to: Medical emergency neglect, or DSHS children’s administration intake (injury or illness) that exploitation, (Child Protective Services) or law requires immediate as required enforcement at the first opportunity, professional medical under chapter but in no case longer than 48 hours, care: 26.44 RCW. pursuant to RCW 26.44.030 and Giving a child too much You must .040, and to the department: of any oral, inhaled or immediately (i) The death of a child while in injected medication, or a report an the early learning program’s care child taking or receiving instance when or the death from injury or illness another child’s you or the that may have occurred while the medication; staff have child was in care; Fire and other reason to (ii) A child’s attempted suicide or emergencies; suspect that talk about attempting suicide; Poisoning or suspected child physical, (iii)Any suspected physical, sexual poisoning; or sexual, or or emotional child abuse;
Records, Policies, Reporting and Posting – Duty to protect children and report incidents Family Home WAC Center WAC Proposed WAC Satisfactory/Minor/Major revisions; Concerns; Suggested Alternate Language Conflicts with ECEAP, Head Start, Schools District Standards and Practices WAC 170-296A-2200 Reporting incidents to 911 (emergency services) The licensee or primary staff person must call 911 and report to emergency services the following: A child missing from care, as soon as the license or staff realized the child is missing; Medical emergency (injury or illness) that requires immediate professional medical care: Giving a child too much of any oral, inhaled or injected medication, or a child taking or receiving another child’s medication; Fire and other emergencies; Poisoning or suspected poisoning; or WAC 170-295-6040 What are the requirements regarding child abuse and neglect? You and your staff must protect the child in care from child abuse, neglect, or exploitation, as required under chapter 26.44 RCW. You must immediately report an instance when you or the staff have reason to suspect that child physical, sexual, or 170-300-0475 Duty to protect children and report incidents. An early learning provider must protect enrolled children from child abuse, neglect, maltreatment, or exploitation as defined in chapter 26.44 RCW while in care. Weight #8 An early learning provider must report by phone the following to: DSHS children’s administration intake (Child Protective Services) or law enforcement at the first opportunity, but in no case longer than 48 hours, pursuant to RCW 26.44.030 and .040, and to the department: (i) The death of a child while in the early learning program’s care or the death from injury or illness that may have occurred while the child was in care; (ii) A child’s attempted suicide or talk about attempting suicide; (iii)Any suspected physical, sexual or emotional child abuse;