1. (1) A certified ONB program must have a written plan for emergency preparedness that ONB program staff will follow, unless otherwise instructed by emergency personnel.
   (2) The emergency preparedness plan must be specific to the certified ONB premises and able to be implemented during hours of operation.
   (3) The emergency preparedness plan must address the following in all emergencies:
   (a) Defining roles and responsibilities for all staff;
   (b) Ensuring that all children in attendance are supervised and accounted for during and after an emergency;
   (c) Addressing the needs of individual children, including children with disabilities or other specific needs, and children with chronic medical conditions;
   (d) Identifying methods for alerting staff of the emergency;
   (e) Ensuring children’s emergency contact information and medical authorization and staff emergency contact information can be accessed during and after an emergency;
   (f) Notifying emergency authorities, including the poison control center, when necessary;
   (g) Notifying parents after the emergency ends and how children will be reunited with their families as the evacuation, relocation, or sheltering/lockdown is lifted;
   (h) Identifying a licensed physician, hospital, or clinic to be used for emergency medical care; and
   (i) Addressing what the certified ONB program must do if children are not able to be picked up for an extended period due to a natural or other disaster, including access to copies of records, documents, and computer files necessary for continued operation stored in either a portable file or at an off-site location.
   (4) The emergency preparedness plan must address procedures for:
   (a) Evacuating children to a designated safe area, including the evacuation routes to be taken;
   (b) Moving children to a designated location for sheltering-in-place and lock down emergencies;
   (c) Relocating children to a nearby alternative shelter;
   (d) Medical emergencies, such as: serious illness, serious injury or death of a child or staff, including what the certified ONB program staff will do if a staff member has an emergency to ensure children are not left unsupervised;
   (e) Responding to natural and human-made disasters, including but not limited to:
   (A) Fire or smoke;
   (B) Earthquake;
   (C) Lockdown notification ordered by a public safety authority;
   (D) Sudden onset of extreme weather conditions that may pose a health and safety risk, such as:
   (i) Heat in excess of 100°F, or pursuant to advice of the local authority;
   (ii) Cold less than 20°F, or pursuant to advice of the local authority;
   (iii) Lightning storm, tornado, blizzard, hurricane, tsunami, or flooding if there is immediate or likely danger;
   (iv) Strong winds, including gusts over 25 mph;
   (v) Falling trees or large branches;
   (vi) Air quality emergency ordered by a local, state, or federal authority on air quality or public health; and
   (vii) Other similar incidents.
   (f) Incident response, including but not limited to:
   (A) Response to a lost or missing child, including procedures for how staff members will immediately check for the missing child's presence at hazardous features, such as a ravine, cliff, road, or body of water within a quarter mile of the ONB program;
   (B) Encounters with dangerous wildlife;
   (C) Response to drowning child or other water related emergency;
   (D) Response to hostile intruders; and
   (E) Other similar incidents.
   (g) Responding to suspected abuse of children, staff, volunteers, or family members occurring while they are on the premises of the ONB program.
   (5) A certified ONB program must review the written plan and all emergency procedures at least once per licensing period and update the procedures as needed.
   (6) A certified ONB program must review the written plan with program staff once per licensing period and whenever the plan is updated.
   (7) A certified ONB program must practice evacuation drills monthly and one other aspect of the emergency plan every other month that:
   (a) Varies in days and times when drills are conducted;
   (b) Are documented including the type of drill, date, time of day, name of the person supervising the drill, number of children and staff in attendance, and length of time taken for all individuals to complete the drill;
   (c) Includes a method to alert all staff and enrolled children of a fire, emergency situation or drill; and
   (d) Includes staff taking emergency contact information, medical authorization, and current attendance records with them if leaving the child care area during a drill.
   (8) An emergency evacuation drill must be conducted within the first 10 operating days after initial licensure.
   (9) A certified ONB program must post a diagram of the ONB program premises showing the predetermined safe location where everyone will gather after evacuation, unless emergency personnel provide alternative instructions.
   (10) A certified ONB program must have an emergency supply kit carried by at least one staff member per group of children in care, including during emergency evacuation.  Supplies must include at a minimum:
   (a) First aid supplies, as listed in OAR 414-320-1020, Injuries;
   (b) Hand sanitizer, wet wipes, and tissue;
   (c) A whistle or air horn;
   (d) A working flashlight or headlamp and spare batteries;
   (e) A battery or solar powered radio; and
   (f) A functional telephone or other method of contacting emergency services.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 329A.260

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 329A.280

History

DELC 2-2025, adopt filed 03/26/2025, effective 07/01/2025