- (1) This section applies only to a provider that accepts children who wear diapers.
- (2) The provider shall post diapering procedures at each diapering station and ensure that each staff member follows the procedures.
(3) The provider shall ensure that each child's diaper is:
- (a) checked at least once every two hours; and
- (b) promptly changed when wet or soiled.
- (4) The provider shall ensure that a caregiver changes each child's diaper at a diapering station and not on a surface used for any other purpose.
- (5) The provider shall ensure that the diapering surface is smooth, waterproof, and in good repair.
- (6) The provider shall ensure that a caregiver does not leave any child unattended on the diapering surface.
- (7) The provider shall ensure that a caregiver cleans and sanitizes the diapering surface after each diaper change or uses a disposable, waterproof diapering surface that is thrown away after each diaper change.
- (8) The provider shall ensure that a caregiver washes their hands after each diaper change.
(9) The provider shall ensure that a caregiver places any wet and soiled disposable diaper:
- (a) in a container that has a disposable plastic lining and a tight-fitting lid;
- (b) directly in an outdoor garbage container that has a tight-fitting lid; or
- (c) in a container that is inaccessible to children.
- (10) The provider shall ensure that each indoor container where any wet and soiled diaper is placed is cleaned and sanitized each day.
KEY: child care facilities, child care, commercial preschool programs
Date of Last Change: May 8, 2025
Notice of Continuation: June 17, 2025
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-2-402