health-and-safety-pediatric-first-aid-and-pediatric-cpr

Reason(s) for non-compliance: • The Lead Agency has not established a standard for pediatric first aid for all staff in licensed family child care homes or license-exempt family child care homes, as required by 98.41(a)(1)(x). (Plan Questions 5.3.10aii and 5.3.10av) • The Lead Agency does not require pre-service or orientation training on pediatric first aid for licensed family child care homes or license-exempt family child care homes, as required by 98.44(b)(1)(i). (Plan Question 5.4.1j) • The Lead Agency does not require an annual unannounced inspection for licensed family child care providers or an annual inspection for license-exempt family child care providers for compliance with a standard for pediatric first aid and with related pre- service or orientation training requirements, as required by 98.42(b)(2)(i)(B) and 98.42(b)(2)(ii). (Plan Questions 5.5.1bii and 5.5.2bi) Overall Target Completion Date: 07/01/2026 Action Step Number Action Step Description Target Completion Date 1 Draft new language for Iowa Administrative Code which updates first aid requirements for licensed family child care providers and licensed-exempt family child care providers to include that it must be pediatric. 10/01/2025 2 Finalize Iowa Administrative Code to updated standards to pediatric first aid. 07/01/2026 3 Update Standards and Procedure documents for licensed family child care (COMM 143) and licensed-exempt family child care (COMM 95) to reflect the pediatric first aid standard. 07/01/2026 4 Update compliance checklist used by licensing inspectors to reflect the updated standards for licensed family child care and license-exempt family child care. 07/01/2026 5 Update Essentials pre-service training to reflect the pediatric first aid standard for licensed family child care and license-exempt family child care. 07/01/2026