199.8 95 Evacuation plan required for child -care centers and family child -care homes -- Annual updating of plan -- Provision of plan to local emergency management officials and parents. (1) A child -care center licensed under KRS 199.896 and a family child -care home certified under KRS 199.8982 shall have a written plan for evacuation in the event of fire, natural disaster, or other threatening situation that may pose a health or safety hazard to the children in the center or home. The plan shall include but n ot be limited to: (a) A designated relocation site and evacuation route; (b) Procedures for notifying parents of the relocation and ensuring family reunification; (c) Procedures to address the needs of individual children including children with special ne eds; (d) Instructions relating to the training of staff or the reassignment of staff duties, as appropriate; (e) Coordination with local emergency management officials; and (f) A program to ensure that appropriate staff are familiar with the plan's compone nts. (2) A child -care center and a family child -care home shall update the evacuation plan by December 31 each year. A program to ensure that appropriate staff are familiar with the plan's compone nts. (2) A child -care center and a family child -care home shall update the evacuation plan by December 31 each year. (3) A child -care center and a family child -care home shall retain an updated copy of the plan for evacuation, provide an updated copy to ap propriate local emergency management officials, and provide a copy to each parent, custodian, or guardian of the child at the time of the child's enrollment in the program and whenever the plan is updated. Effective: July 12, 2012 History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 102, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2012. -- Created 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 69, sec. 3, effective December 31, 2011.
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