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4240-3 APPROVED RELATIVE PROVIDER HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS It is important for providers to know and understand the requirements for their child care program type. This section will focus on Approved Relative providers who must be in compliance with Alaska Administrative Code (AAC) 7 AAC 41.

The Designee monitors Approved Relative providers with on-site assistance from the Child Care Program Office (CCPO) or Municipality of Anchorage (MOA) Licensing Staff.

4240-3 A. GENERAL HEALTH, MEDICATION, AND NUTRITION REQUIREMENTS An Approved Relative provider must meet the general health, administration and storage of medication, and nutrition requirements as described in 7 AAC 41.215 and listed below.

1. General Health Providers must: a. Ensure each person in contact with children washes their hands for at least ten (10) seconds with soap and waterand rinses them with water: • Before food handling, preparation, serving, eating, or table setting; • After toileting or assisting a child with toileting or diapering; • After handling an animal, animal waste, or an animalcage; • Before and after giving medication; • Before and after participating in moist play, including painting, cooking, or molding clay; and • If hands are contaminated with body fluid, including from nose wiping; b. Encourage children to wash their hands at similar times as described in 1.a. above;

c. Ensure children have been immunized as required by 7 AAC