1. A. A licensee shall ensure that at least the following staff-to-children ratios are maintained at all times when providing child care services to enrolled children:

   Age Group	Staff:Children
   School-age children	1:20

2. B. A licensee shall:

   1. 1. Determine and maintain the required staff-to-children ratio for each group of enrolled children based on the age of the youngest child in the group; and
   2. 2. Only allow an individual qualified as a director, child educator, or an assistant child educator to be counted as staff in staff-to-children ratios.

3. C. A licensee shall ensure that when there are:

   1. 1. Six or more enrolled children present in a facility, the following individuals are present in the facility:

      1. a. A facility director or a director’s designee who meets the requirements in R9-5-723 for a director’s designee, and
      2. b. One additional staff member; and
   2. 2. Five or fewer enrolled children are present in a facility, the facility director or director’s designee who meets the requirements in R9-5-401 is present in the facility, and an additional staff member is available by telephone or other equally expeditious means and able to reach the facility within 15 minutes after notification; and
4. D. A licensee shall ensure that a staff member assigned to provide child care services to enrolled children does not perform duties that may affect the staff member’s ability to provide child care services to the enrolled children.

5. E. In addition to maintaining the required staff-to-children ratios, a licensee shall ensure that:

   1. 1. Staff members are present on facility premises to perform facility administration, food preparation, food service, and maintenance responsibilities; and
   2. 2. Facility maintenance does not depend on the work of enrolled children.
6. F. If a licensee conducts swimming activities at a swimming pool, the licensee shall ensure that there is a lifeguard on the premises who has current lifeguard certification that includes a demonstration of the lifeguard’s ability to perform CPR. If the lifeguard is a staff member, the staff member cannot be counted in the staff-to-children ratios required by subsection (A).

Historical Note

New Section made by final rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 2015 (June 27, 2025), effective August 3, 2025 (Supp. 25-2).