Authority: IC 12-13-5-3

Affected: IC 12-17.2-4

Sec. 81. (a) If staff serves picnic lunches to children under the care of the center, the lunch must conform to the menu guidelines for children who are on table food. The center or an approved vendor must provide picnic lunches.

(b) Centers shall comply with the following:

1. (1) Adjust menus accordingly, if juice is substituted for milk.
2. (2) Keep cold foods under forty-one (41) degrees Fahrenheit.
3. (3) Provide equipment to maintain hot foods at one hundred forty (140) degrees Fahrenheit or above.

(c) The following rules apply to cooking on an outdoor grill:

1. (1) The center shall keep grills at least ten (10) feet away from the building.
2. (2) Caregivers shall keep children at least fifteen (15) feet away from the grill. Gas or propane grills shall comply with all applicable rules of the FPBSC.
3. (3) Staff shall have an approved fire extinguisher readily available.

(Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3-4.7-81; filed Aug 11, 2003, 3:00 p.m.: 27 IR 141; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFA; readopted filed Nov 13, 2019, 11:56 a.m.: 20191211-IR-470190490RFA)