Section 7.57.210. Administrator.

	(a)  The governing body or owner of a child care facility shall designate an administrator qualified under 7 AAC 57.300. The administrator may be the same individual who owns or is otherwise legally responsible for operating the facility.  
	(b)  During periods when the administrator is absent from the facility, the governing body or owner of a child care facility with one or more employees shall designate an onsite adult caregiver who meets the age and qualification requirements of 7 AAC 57.300(a) and (b), and has at least one year of child care experience, to act on behalf of the administrator in the administrator's absence. The designated caregiver may be a child care associate qualified under 7 AAC 57.330. If the administrator is absent for three consecutive weeks or longer, the child care facility governing body or owner shall designate a child care associate qualified under 7 AAC 57.330 to act on behalf of the administrator.  
	(c)  Unless the governing body or owner of a child care facility has previously designated an onsite child care associate who is qualified under 7 AAC 57.330, the administrator may be responsible for no more than two child care facilities and must be onsite during daytime hours while the facility is providing child care as follows:  
		(1) at least 20 hours per week for a full-day or 24-hour child care facility;  
		(2) at least 10 hours per week for a program that provides child care during daytime hours only, and that provides child care for five or fewer hours per day.  
	(d)  The governing body or owner of a child care facility may not operate an additional business on the premises during the hours the facility provides child care services, if customers of the additional business would have access to the child care facility or would interrupt the supervision of children in care.  
	(e)  In this section, "daytime hours" means the hours between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.  

Authorities

44.29.020;47.32.010;47.32.030

Notes

Authority

AS 44.29.020 AS 47.32.010 AS 47.32.030

History

Eff. 6/23/2006, Register 178