2014 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health And Welfare
Subtitle 5 - Social Services
Chapter 78 - Child Care
Subchapter 2 - Child Care Facility Licensing Act
§ 20-78-228 - Child care facility floor plan on file with emergency management coordinator.
(a) (1) As used in this section, "floor plan" means a document containing:
(A) A schematic drawing of facilities and property used by the child care facility, including the configuration of rooms, spaces, and other physical features of buildings;
(B) The location or locations where children enrolled in child care spend time regularly;
(C) The escape routes approved by the local fire department for the child care facility or faculties;
(D) The ages of children served by the child care facility;
(E) The licensed capacity of children enrolled in the child care facility; and
(F) The contact information for at least two (2) emergency contacts for the child care facility.
(2) An aerial view of the child care facility and property used by the child care facility shall be included with the floor plan if available.
(b) No later than January 1, 2014, a child care facility licensed by the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of the Department of Human Services under this subchapter or the Child Welfare Agency Licensing Act, ยง 9-28-401 et seq., shall file a copy of the child care facility's floor plan with the emergency management coordinator for the local office of emergency management or the interjurisdictional office of emergency management that serves the area where the child care facility is located within:
(1) Thirty (30) days of receiving a license; and
(2) Thirty (30) days of a change or modification to the floor plan.
(c) The emergency management coordinator shall ensure that the child care facility's floor plan submitted under subsection (b) of this section is available at the 911 public safety communications center and the local office of emergency management or the interjurisdictional office of emergency management that serves the area where the child care facility is located.
(d) The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
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