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checklist to the Director or the Director’s designated Staff person at the Program as set forth below: (i) Immediately upon return to the Program at the completion of the trip once the vehicle has been checked; or (ii) The next business day following the completion of the trip if the vehicle did not return to the Program at the end of the trip or if the Program was closed when the vehicle returned. 5. Passenger transportation checklists shall be maintained as Program records for one (1) year. 6. Checking the Vehicle - To ensure that all children have been unloaded from transportation vehicles, regardless of whether the vehicle is equipped with a child safety alarm devices, the vehicle shall be thoroughly checked first by a designated Staff person who was present on the vehicle during the trip and then by a second designated Staff person, who may or may not have been present on the vehicle during the trip, to ensure that two checks of the vehicle have been completed. 7. The first check shall be conducted immediately upon unloading the last child at any location including, but not limited to, a field trip destination, arrival at the Program, and the last stop during transportation to home or school. The responsible person on the vehicle shall: (i) Physically walk through the entire vehicle; (ii) Visually inspect all seat surfaces, under all seats and in all compartments or recesses in the vehicle’s interior; (iii) Sign the passenger transportation checklist(s), indicating all of the children have exited the vehicle; and give the passenger transportation checklist(s) to the second designated Staff person. The second designated Staff person shall conduct a check of the vehicle as referenced in EX-HS-R. The second check shall be conducted immediately upon the completion of the first check of the vehicle. There shall be continuous watchful oversight of the vehicle between the first check and second check. (iv) If a second designated Staff person is not available to conduct a second check of the vehicle, the driver shall check the vehicle as stated in EX-HS-R.(7) above and then report by phone to the Director or designated Staff person that the check has been completed and no children remain on the vehicle. (Possible circumstances include, but are not limited to: the Program has closed when the driver returns with the vehicle; the driver is the only Staff person on the vehicle at the last destination during home, school or field trip transportation; the driver takes the vehicle home at the end of the day.) The time and verification of such telephone contact shall be immediately documented and signed on the passenger transportation checklist(s) by the driver.

(8) Supervision of Vehicles. A child shall never be left unattended in a vehicle. S. Field Trips (1) Parental Permission. A program shall obtain written permission from Parent(s) in advance of the child's participation in any field trip and such permission must be signed and dated by a Parent. (2) List of Trip Participants. A list of children and adults participating in the trip shall be left at the program as well as be taken on the trip in the possession of the adult in charge of the trip.