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(a) A family foster home or adoptive home must have a continuous supply of safe drinking water. (b) If a home uses private well water or another source of drinking water other than water through the municipal water supply, then it must be tested for safety. (c) The temperature of any water heaters must be set to no higher than 120 degrees. (3) The applicants’ home must meet the following standards concerning animals: (a) Any animal that poses a threat to the safety or health of a child in must be confined away from and inaccessible to the child. (b) Unless the department concludes that extenuating circumstances exist, pets that are re- quired to be vaccinated by state or tribal law must be vaccinated against diseases that can transmit to humans, including rabies. (4) The applicants’ home must meet the following standards concerning swimming pools, wading pools, hot tubs, and spas: (a) Access to swimming pools and wading pools shall be controlled by a device or method that promotes safety of children, including a latch, lock, protective fence, protective cover, or other device or method which enhances child safety. (b) Swimming pools must be equipped with a life saving device, such as a ring buoy. (c) If the swimming pool cannot be emptied after each use, the pool must have a working pump and filtering system. (d) Hot tubs and spas must have safety covers that are locked when not in use. (e) Applicants will closely supervise the child in foster care when the child is near any swimming pool or body of water. When applicants cannot supervise, they must restrict the child access to swimming pools or bodies of water. The child must never be left to swim alone. (f) Applicants will provide water safety instruction to the child in foster care as appropriate for his or her age and development if the home is adjacent to any body of water or has a swimming pool. Water safety instruction addresses key knowledge and skills on how to be safe around water and does not necessarily mean swimming lessons. (g) Applicants will maintain the swimming pool in safe condition, including testing and maintaining the chlorine and pH levels as required by the manufacturer’s specifications. (h) Applicants will lock all entry points when the swimming pool is not in use. (i) Applicants will remove or secure any steps or ladders to the swimming pool to make them unusable when the pool is not in use. (j) Applicants will set up and maintain wading pools according to the manufacturer’s instruc- tions, and empty and store them when not in use. (5) The applicants’ home must meet the following standards concerning hazardous materials and first aid supplies: (a) Prevent the child’s access, as appropriate for his or her age and development, to all medications, poisonous materials, cleaning supplies, other hazardous materials, and alcoholic beverages. (b) Maintain first aid supplies. O. Criminal History Records Check Standards. (1) Applicants and any other household members who are adults age 18 or older must submit to fingerprint-based checks of national (Federal Bureau of Investigation (‘‘FBI’’) and state (SLED) crime information databases before the applicants may be approved for placement of a child. Both national and state fingerprint-based background checks must be conducted at the time of initial application. Applications for renewal must include SLED checks conducted no earlier than one year prior to renewal and FBI checks conducted no earlier than five years prior to renewal. (2) The agency must also check the National Sex Offender Registry and state sexual offender registries for mention of the applicants and any other household members who are age twelve or older. Both national and state sexual offender registry searches must be conducted at the time of initial application and no earlier than one year prior to renewal.