Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
 
Agency
Department of Social Services
 
Board
State Board of Social Services
 
chapter
Standards for Licensed Child Day Centers [22 VAC 40 ‑ 185]
Action Amend Standards for Licensed Child Day Centers to Address Federal Health and Safety Requirements
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 4/6/2018
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3/29/18  9:58 am
Commenter: Denise McDonald

CPR & First Aid Requirement
 

To always maintain 100% of staff certified in first aid and CPR is both unnecessary and impractical.  As stated in the CCDBG guidelines all staff shall be "trained."  That does not mean "certified".  Why not ask that 50% of staff be certified?  Is there any research to show that having 100% of staff certified instead of 50% changes the effectiveness?  Even with these requested changes, this is a significant improvement over the current requirement of one staff to be CPR/FA certified.

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