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(e) The policy and procedures for the administration of medications. (f) The policy and practices regarding the discipline and behavior management of children. This statement shall be resigned if any discipline policy changes are made. (4) Parents and staff shall sign and date an agreement, maintained on file and updated annually, that both parties have read and understand all policies relating to the operation of family child care home. (5) The operator shall obtain signed statements from a parent/guardian of each child enrolled indicating that the parent/guardian has received notice that the family child care home may provisionally employ a person in order to comply with Section 63–7–1980 and Section 63–13–40(D) when an unexpected staff vacancy occurs. Provisional employment shall only occur pursuant to the provisions of Section 63–13–40(D). (6) Liability Insurance: (a) An operator who does not carry liability insurance for the operation of the family child care home shall obtain signed statements from the parent(s) or guardian(s) of each child enrolled in the home indicating that the parent(s) or guardian(s) have received notice that the family child care home does not carry liability insurance for the operation of its child care business. (b) The operator shall maintain a file of these signed statements at the home during the period of time that the child is enrolled. (c) If insurance lapses or is cancelled and not reinstated or replaced, the operator shall obtain and maintain statements in accordance with Subsection (a) from the parent or guardian of each child enrolled in the family child care home no later than thirty (30) days after the liability insurance lapses or is cancelled. (7) Once a child is enrolled in the family child care home, a DSS Form 2909, Consumer Parent Statement, shall be completed by a parent/guardian and the operator shall send the completed form to the Department. E. Medication (1) For purposes of this section, ‘‘medication’’ means any drug that may be obtained with or without a prescription, excluding a topical ointment obtained without a prescription. (2) The operator, caregiver, staff, or volunteer of a family child care home shall not administer medication to a child under the care of the family child care home unless: (a) The parent/guardian of the child has submitted to the family child care home, prior to the administration of the medication, a signed and dated parental consent form that authorizes the home to administer the medication to the child, and the authorization shall not be longer than one year at a time. (b) The medication shall be administered as stated on the label directions, or as amended, in writing by the child’s health care provider. (c) The medication shall not be expired. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), an operator, caregiver, staff, or volunteer of a family child care home may administer medication to a child without a signed authorization if the parent/guardian: (a) Submits to the family child care home an authorization in an electronic format that is capable of being viewed and saved; or (b) Authorizes the family child care home by telephone to administer a single dose of a medication. (4) This Section does not apply to a person who administers a medication, as prescribed, directed, or intended to a child when that person has a good faith belief that the child is suffering from a medical emergency and administering the medication would prevent the death or serious injury of the child. (5) A family child care home shall maintain in each child’s record all written documentation and records of verbal communication that confirm parental or guardian permission to administer medication to the child, as required pursuant to this section.