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EDUCATION

Louisiana Administrative Code April 2025 17 k. college credit hours in child care, child development, and/or early childhood. 2. Annually complete the DCFS online Mandated Reporter Training. 3. CPR. Provide documentation of current certification in infant, child, and adult CPR. 4. Pediatric First Aid. Provide documentation of current certification in pediatric first aid. 5. Documentation verifying completion of all required trainings shall be maintained onsite by the provider, whether as hard copies or in electronic form, and made available for inspection upon request by the LDOE. 6. Pre-service orientation training, infant/child/adult CPR, pediatric first aid training, and medication administration training may count as annual training requirements in the certification period in which the training is completed. 7. The three hours of training by LDOE-approved trainer on infectious diseases, health and safety, and/or food service preparation required in LAC 51:XXI.301 shall not count towards the annual training requirements. Providers may complete the approved self-paced, online training provided by the LDOE or utilize an in-person trainer. If taught in person, the training must be taught by a licensed nurse, licensed physician, licensed physician’s assistant, licensed social worker, or licensed nutritionist who is on the LDOE registry of approved trainers. D. Medication Administration. 1. No medication or special medical procedure shall be administered to a child unless authorized in writing by the parent. 2. Written authorization must contain explicit dosing criteria and must not simply direct “as indicated on bottle.” Such authorization shall include: a. the name of the child; b. drug name and strength; c. date(s) to be administered; d. directions for use, including route (oral, topical), dosage, frequency, time and schedule, and special instructions if applicable; and e. signature of parent and date of signature. 3. Supplements. Children shall not be administered any form of supplements without prior written parental authorization. E. Medication Administration Training. Provide documentation of current medication administration training. Providers may complete the approved self-paced, online training provided by the LDOE or utilize an in-person trainer. If taught in person, the training must be taught by a licensed pharmacist, licensed nurse, licensed physician, licensed physician’s assistant, licensed paramedic, or licensed EMT who is on the LDOE registry of approved trainers. 1. Training for medication administration shall be completed every two years with training approved by the LDOE. 2. Documentation of current completion of such training shall be maintained by the provider and shall be available for on-site inspection, whether as hard copies or in electronic form, upon request by the LDOE. F. Stock Emergency Medications. 1. Child care providers may have stock emergency medications. 2. Stock supply in the name of and for the use by the provider can only be prescribed by a licensed healthcare professional authorized to prescribe said medication. 3. Life-saving emergency medications can be dispensed by a licensed pharmacist or licensed prescriber for stock supply. 4. Emergency medications are medications that can be administered to treat life-threatening conditions. Such medications may include, but are not limited to, the following: a. Epinephrine; b. Albuterol; c. Naloxone; and d. Glucagon. 5. Provider employees may be trained on the use of auto-injectable epinephrine by a registered nurse, a licensed medical physician, an anaphylaxis training organization, or any other entity approved by LDH. 6. Provider employees may be trained on the use of other stock medications such as albuterol, naloxone, and glucagon by a medical emergency training organization, a registered nurse, or a licensed physician who is on the LDOE registry of approved trainers on the administration of emergency stock medications. 7. Employees administering any of these emergency stock medications shall be trained annually on the following; a. techniques on how to recognize signs of a life- threatening emergency; b. procedures on the storage of emergency medications; c. administration of emergency medications; d. emergency procedures such as calling emergency medical services (EMS) immediately before or after administering a life-saving medication; e. any protocols, including those issued by the LDH for the administration of the emergency stock medications; and