Licensing Process – Prohibited substances 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-4025 WAC 170-295-6050: 170-300-0420 Drugs and alcohol What substances are Prohibited substances. The licensee, staff, prohibited in the child care An early learning provider volunteers, or center or on the premises? must prohibit the use of household member (1) You, your staff, parents, tobacco, cannabis, and vapor must not, or allow and volunteers must not be products, pursuant to RCW other to: under the influence of, 70.160. Smoking is (a) Have or use consume, or possess an prohibited: illegal drugs on alcoholic beverage or illegal In any indoor or outdoor premises; drug while on the child care licensed space; (b) Consume alcohol premises or during work Within 25 feet of any during operating hours while you are entrance, exit, window, hours; or responsible for children in or ventilation intake of (c) Be under the care. the early learning influence of alcohol, (2) You, your staff, parents, program and in view of illegal drugs or and volunteers must not children; misused prescription smoke: In motor vehicles used to drugs when working (a) Inside the center transport children during with or in the building; business hours; presence of children (b) While supervising While the provider is off in care. children outdoors; or site but responsible for The licensee must (c) In a motor vehicle while supervising children, keep and store all transporting children. such as during field trips; alcohol, including (3) You, your staff, parents, and closed and open and volunteers may smoke In family home early containers, outdoors, off the premises learning programs, smoking
Licensing Process – Prohibited substances 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-4025 Drugs and alcohol The licensee, staff, volunteers, or household member must not, or allow other to: (a) Have or use illegal drugs on premises; (b) Consume alcohol during operating hours; or (c) Be under the influence of alcohol, illegal drugs or misused prescription drugs when working with or in the presence of children in care. The licensee must keep and store all alcohol, including closed and open containers, WAC 170-295-6050: What substances are prohibited in the child care center or on the premises? (1) You, your staff, parents, and volunteers must not be under the influence of, consume, or possess an alcoholic beverage or illegal drug while on the child care premises or during work hours while you are responsible for children in care. (2) You, your staff, parents, and volunteers must not smoke: (a) Inside the center building; (b) While supervising children outdoors; or (c) In a motor vehicle while transporting children. (3) You, your staff, parents, and volunteers may smoke outdoors, off the premises 170-300-0420 Prohibited substances. An early learning provider must prohibit the use of tobacco, cannabis, and vapor products, pursuant to RCW 70.160. Smoking is prohibited: In any indoor or outdoor licensed space; Within 25 feet of any entrance, exit, window, or ventilation intake of the early learning program and in view of children; In motor vehicles used to transport children during business hours; While the provider is off site but responsible for supervising children, such as during field trips; and In family home early learning programs, smoking
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