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facility; and

(E) opportunities for indoor and outdoor leisure and recreational experiences. (c) A facility must have a vehicle or other means of transportation to transport children. (d) A facility shall recognize the importance of family and cultural ties to a child’s self-esteem and shall encourage interaction between the child and the child’s family or cultural group whenever possible. A facility shall

(1) have a policy regarding visiting and other forms of communication with family, friends, and others significant to the child; and

(2) obtain advance approval from a child’s parent or from the placement worker for an absence of the child from the facility

(A) 14 days before a trip outside of the state; or

(B) for a period of 72 hours or longer. (e) A facility shall provide for the privacy of each child whenever possible by

(1) maintaining doors on sleeping areas and bathroom enclosures, unless there is a clear, clinical justification for their removal;

(2) assigning children who need extra sleep, have sleep disturbances, or need extra privacy to one or two person rooms;

(3) requiring personnel to make themselves known before entering a child’s room, except when doing bed checks when children are sleeping;

(4) prohibiting body or strip searches, except a child may be searched if there is cause to believe a weapon or contraband may be found and the facility has a personal search policy approved by the licensing representative;

(5) prohibiting search of a child’s room, except, if there is cause to believe that a weapon or contraband may be found, a search of a child’s room may be conducted in the presence of the child or another caregiver;

(6) prohibiting the use of surveillance cameras or listening devices for routine observation of children in bedrooms or bathrooms; however, motion detectors or surveillance cameras in behavior-management rooms, hallways, or common living areas are permitted;

(7) prohibiting personnel from opening a child’s parcels or letters, except, if the child is incapable of doing so or the caregiver suspects the contents to be a weapon or contraband, a child’s parcels or letters may be opened if another caregiver is present;

(8) prohibiting personnel from reading a child’s letters, except, if the child is incapable of doing so, the child’s letters may be read to the child if another caregiver is present; and (9) providing privacy for phone conversations and visitation, unless monitoring of calls or