GroundRules
8VAC20-800-430: Stairs
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 8. Education
- Agency 20. State Board of Education
- Chapter 800. Standards for Licensed Family Day Homes
- Part VII. Physical equipment and environment
A. Children under two years of age and children over two years of age who are not developmentally ready to climb or descend stairs without supervision shall not have access to stairs.
B. Accordion expansion gates and pressure mounted gates shall not be used as protective barriers at stair openings.
C. Children over the age of two shall not have access to stairs with three or more risers that do not have protective barriers or guardrails on each side.
D. Protective barriers or guardrails on sides of stairs shall be constructed to prevent a child from climbing over, crawling or falling through, or becoming entrapped.
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