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requirements, as required.

138.3 A Licensee shall ensure that no aide or volunteer has sole responsibility for a group or classroom, or for the Facility, at any time.

138.4 Aides and volunteers who meet the standard in Section 133.1 are subject to the criminal background and child protection register checks as required in Section 133. A volunteer may use the same criminal background check for a period of 2 years. Licensee shall maintain, and provide to OSSE upon request, documentation of criminal background and child protection register checks of aides and volunteers.

138.5 Aides and volunteers under the age of eighteen (18) who have been charged with, convicted, or adjudicated of a criminal offense, which would prohibit the employment of a person over the age of eighteen (18), shall not serve at a Facility.

138.6 A Licensee shall ensure that aides and volunteers under the age of eighteen (18) provide a statement from the Family Court Divsion of the D.C. Superior Court, or a court of competent jurisdiction, that the aide or volunteer does not have a juvenile record. If the aide or volunteer has a juvenile record, the aide or volunteer may choose to reveal the nature of the offense in order to document that the offense is not an offense which would prohibit the employment of a person over the age of eighteen (18).

138.7 No more than two (2) volunteers may serve within a classroom or with a group at one time unless otherwise required in order to satisfy a child’s IFSP or IEP, and provided that for the purpose of this subsection, a parent or guardian serving within his or her child’s classroom or with his or her group shall not be counted as a volunteer.

138.8 A Licensee shall require all volunteers who are not provided unsupervised access to children who are cared for or supervised at a Facility and chaperones sign an attestation that the volunteer or chaperone is not on the Child Protection Register, that the volunteer or chaperone will submit to a criminal background check if requested, and that volunteer or chaperone will not remove children in their charge from the sight and hearing of a Facility staff member at all times.

138.9 Aides, volunteers, and chaperones are prohibited from administering any form of discipline, as defined in this chapter.

139 STAFF MEMBER REQUIREMENTS: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

139.1 Each paid employee of a Licensee serving infants, toddlers, and/or preschoolers whose duties or responsibilities include the care of enrolled children shall participate in ongoing professional development, which shall include: