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167.7 Notwithstanding Subsection 142.7, a Licensee shall ensure that licensed firearm, shotguns, rifles or other licensed weapons and ammunition are inaccessible to children served in a Child Development Home or Expanded Home, unloaded, secured with an appropriate trigger locking device, and stored a safe storage depository which, when locked, is incapable of being opened without the key, combination or other unlocking mechanism and is capable of preventing an unauthorized person from obtaining access to and possession of the weapon or ammunition contained therein. Ammunition shall also be stored in a safe storage depository.

167.8 A Licensee shall ensure that parent(s) or guardian(s) of children served in a Child Development Home or Expanded Home with licensed firearm, shotguns, rifles or other licensed weapons and ammunition are provided notice that a licensed firearm, shotguns, rifles or other licensed weapons and ammunition are on the premises of the Child Development Home or Expanded Home.

167.9 A licensed Child Development Home or Expanded Home shall not provide foster care, for either children or adults, on the same premises, without the prior written approval from OSSE. This written approval shall be maintained at the Facility at all times that the caregiver provides foster care.

167.10 A licensed Child Development Home shall obtain, maintain, and provide to OSSE upon request, documentation establishing that each person living at the home that houses the Facility has, within the preceding twelve (12) months, been examined by a licensed health care professional and certified by that professional to be free of communicable diseases.

167.11 Child Development Homes and Expanded Homes shall obtain approval from OSSE for the use of all program space, and may only offer child care in approved space.

167.12 The Caregiver(s) of a Child Development Home or Expanded Home shall arrange the play space and the furniture in the approved program space within the Child Development Home or Expanded Home to allow adequate room for active and quiet play and for individual and group activities.

167.13 Program space does not include: