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Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 44.29.020 AS 47.32.030 Editor’s note: Effective July 1, 2022, Executive Order 121 split the former Department of Health and Social Services into the Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community Services. As of Register 242 (July 2022), the regulations attorney made a conforming technical revision under sec. 138, E.O. 121 and AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to the authority citation that follows 7 AAC 50.750, by substituting a reference to AS 47.32.030 (centralized licensing) for the reference to AS 47.35.010(a)(3), a statute that was repealed in 2005. 7 AAC 50.760. Parenting education. (a) A facility must have a curriculum or guidelines for providing parenting education. The curriculum or guidelines must include

(1) personal growth and maturity;

(2) interpersonal relationships;

(3) infant and early child development, including age appropriate stimulation and activities for infants and toddlers, managing behavior, and options for toilet training;

(4) safety and accident prevention;

(5) physical care, nutrition, and health of infants and young children;

(6) time, budget, and household management;

(7) community resources that provide assistance; and

(8) selecting and monitoring care of the child by others. (b) A facility shall provide parenting education on the topics in (a) of this section to each adolescent expectant mother or mother of an infant at least one hour per week. (c) A facility that is providing short term prematernal care shall provide opportunities for parenting education on the topics in (a) of this section at least one hour per week. (d) A facility shall involve a pregnant or parenting adolescent in shopping for her child’s clothes and other necessities. (Eff. 3/1/98, Register 145)