(a) Directly supervise or have a certified If water is more than 24 primary staff person directly supervise the lifeguard at inches deep: children; all times in (i) A certified lifeguard (c) Maintain staff-to-child ratios addition to must be present and on when children are in a wading pool; required staff, duty; and (d) Keep infants or toddlers in the when child (ii) At least one more wading pool within reach of the licensee or use a staff member than staff; swimming regularly required for the 170-296A-5200 pool; staff-to-child ratio is Swimming pools defined – Barriers and present to help supervise supervision children preschool age (4) When the swimming pool on the premises is and older; used by the children: If water is less than 24 (b) One person present at the inches deep, staff must swimming pool must have lifeguard training; hold or have continuous (c) The licensee must provide: touch of infants or toddlers. (i) One additional staff Weight #8 person more than the required staff-to-child ratio than provided in WAC 170-296A-5700 to If the swimming pool is 6 feet or help supervise children preschool age and more in width, length, or older; diameter, an early learning (ii) A one-to-one provider must provide a ring buoy ratio for infants or toddlers in the and rope, a rescue tube, or a swimming pool; throwing line and a shepherd’s (d) Staff must hold or be in hook that will not conduct constant touch contact with infants or toddlers electricity. The life-saving in the swimming pool; equipment must be readily 170-296A-5225 accessible and long enough to Bodies of water or water hazard on the licensed reach the center of the pool from premises. the edge. Weight #8 (2) When children are in care the licensee must: If an early learning provider takes children off-site to an area with
(a) Directly supervise or have a primary staff person directly supervise the children; (c) Maintain staff-to-child ratios when children are in a wading pool; (d) Keep infants or toddlers in the wading pool within reach of the licensee or staff; 170-296A-5200 Swimming pools defined – Barriers and supervision (4) When the swimming pool on the premises is used by the children: (b) One person present at the swimming pool must have lifeguard training; (c) The licensee must provide: (i) One additional staff person more than the required staff-to-child ratio than provided in WAC 170-296A-5700 to help supervise children preschool age and older; (ii) A one-to-one ratio for infants or toddlers in the swimming pool; (d) Staff must hold or be in constant touch contact with infants or toddlers in the swimming pool; 170-296A-5225 Bodies of water or water hazard on the licensed premises. (2) When children are in care the licensee must: certified lifeguard at all times in addition to required staff, when child use a swimming pool; If water is more than 24 inches deep: (i) A certified lifeguard must be present and on duty; and (ii) At least one more staff member than regularly required for the staff-to-child ratio is present to help supervise children preschool age and older; If water is less than 24 inches deep, staff must hold or have continuous touch of infants or toddlers. Weight #8 If the swimming pool is 6 feet or more in width, length, or diameter, an early learning provider must provide a ring buoy and rope, a rescue tube, or a throwing line and a shepherd’s hook that will not conduct electricity. The life-saving equipment must be readily accessible and long enough to reach the center of the pool from the edge. Weight #8 If an early learning provider takes children off-site to an area with