1. (1) Child care centers, group child care facilities, family child care facilities, and licensed drop-in child care facilities that provide care for children under 36 months old must have a written plan of daily activities and routines that ensures:

   1. (a) a child who is awake must not spend more than 30 minutes of consecutive time confined in a crib, playpen, jump chair, highchair, or other apparatus; and
   2. (b) each infant can maintain the infant's own pattern of sleeping and waking periods according to instructions from the parents/guardians.

Authorizing statute(s): 52-2-704, MCA

Implementing statute(s): 52-2-704, 52-2-713, 52-2-721, 52-2-722, 52-2-731, MCA

History: NEW, 2025 MAR, 37-1044, Eff. 5/1/25.