37.40.1452    HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR ELDERLY AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS: SPECIALIZED CHILD CARE FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN, REQUIREMENTS

(1) Specialized child care for medically fragile children is the provision of day care, respite care, and other direct and supportive care to a consumer under 18 years of age who is medically fragile and who, due to medical and other needs, cannot be served through traditional child care settings.

(2) A person providing specialized child care for medically fragile children services must be:

(a) physically and mentally able to perform the duties;

(b) aware of emergency assistance systems; and

(c) literate and able to follow written orders.

(3) A person providing specialized child care for medically fragile children services may be required, if appropriate to the circumstances of the consumer, to have:

(a) knowledge of the physical and mental conditions of the consumer;

(b) knowledge of the consumer's commonly needed medications and the conditions for which they are administered; and

(c) the capability to administer basic first aid.

History: 53-2-201, 53-6-113, 53-6-402, MCA; IMP, 53-6-402, MCA; NEW, 2000 MAR p. 2023, Eff. 7/28/00; AMD, 2011 MAR p. 1722, Eff. 8/26/11.