KRS 199.895: Evacuation plan required for child -care centers and family child -care

homes -- Annual updating of plan -- Provision of plan to local emergency

management officials and parents.

(1) A child -care center licensed under KRS 199.896 and a family child -care home

certified under KRS 199.8982 shall have a written plan for evacuation in the event

of fire, natural disaster, or other threatening situation that may pose a health or

safety hazard to the children in the center or home. The plan shall include but not be

limited to:

(a) A designated relocation site and evacuation route;

(b) Procedures for notifying parents of the relocation and ensuring family

reunification;

(c) Procedures to address the needs of individual children including children with

special needs;

(d) Instructions relating to the training of staff or the reassignment of staff duties,

as appropriate;

(e) Coordination with local emergency management officials; and

(f) A program to ensure that appropriate staff are familiar with the plan's

components.

(2) A child-care center and a family child -care home shall update the evacuation plan

by December 31 each year.

(3) A child-care center and a family child-care home shall retain an updated copy of the

plan for evacuation, provide an updated copy to ap propriate local emergency

management officials, and provide a copy to each parent, custodian, or guardian of

the child at the time of the child's enrollment in the program and whenever the plan

is updated.