Safety – Safety requirements Family Home WAC Center WAC Proposed WAC Satisfactory/Minor/Major Conflicts with ECEAP, revisions; Concerns; Head Start, Schools Suggested Alternate District Standards and Language Practices WAC 170-296A-4100 WAC 170-295-5020 170-300-0165 Poisons, chemicals and other How do I maintain a safe Safety requirements. substances environment? An early learning provider (1) The licensee must: must keep indoor and You must maintain the (a) Store poisons outdoor early learning building, equipment and inaccessible to children and program space, materials, premises in a safe where poisons will not and equipment free from manner that protects contaminate food. hazards and in safe the children from injury (b) If poisons are not in the working condition. Weight hazards including but original container, clearly label #7 not limited to: the container with the name of An early learning (a) Burns (for the product and the words program must example: Chemicals "poison" or "toxic." purchase and use or other potentially (2) The following describes equipment and toys flammable chemicals and other that are compliant substances); substances that must be stored with CPSC guidelines (b) Drowning; inaccessible to children: or ASTM standards as (c) Choking (for example: (a) Nail polish remover; now or hereafter Ropes, wires, blind cords, (b) Sanitizers and amended; and fences not meeting disinfectants; Weight #3 requirements); (c) Household cleaners and Playground surfaces (d) Cuts (for example: det must have a Broken glass, sharp objects, ergents; certificate of abrasive surfaces); (d) Toxic plants; compliance, label, or (e) Entrapments (for (e) Plant fertilizer; documentation example: The following items (f) Ice melt products; stating they meet must not have openings (g) Pool chemicals; ASTM standards between three and one-half F1292-13 and inches and nine inches wide:
Safety – Safety requirements 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-4100 Poisons, chemicals and other substances (1) The licensee must: (a) Store poisons inaccessible to children and where poisons will not contaminate food. (b) If poisons are not in the original container, clearly label the container with the name of the product and the words "poison" or "toxic." (2) The following describes chemicals and other substances that must be stored inaccessible to children: (a) Nail polish remover; (b) Sanitizers and disinfectants; (c) Household cleaners and det ergents; (d) Toxic plants; (e) Plant fertilizer; (f) Ice melt products; (g) Pool chemicals; WAC 170-295-5020 How do I maintain a safe environment? You must maintain the building, equipment and premises in a safe manner that protects the children from injury hazards including but not limited to: (a) Burns (for example: Chemicals or other potentially flammable substances); (b) Drowning; (c) Choking (for example: Ropes, wires, blind cords, fences not meeting requirements); (d) Cuts (for example: Broken glass, sharp objects, abrasive surfaces); (e) Entrapments (for example: The following items must not have openings between three and one-half inches and nine inches wide: 170-300-0165 Safety requirements. An early learning provider must keep indoor and outdoor early learning program space, materials, and equipment free from hazards and in safe working condition. Weight #7 An early learning program must purchase and use equipment and toys that are compliant with CPSC guidelines or ASTM standards as now or hereafter amended; and Weight #3 Playground surfaces must have a certificate of compliance, label, or documentation stating they meet ASTM standards F1292-13 and
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