New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

CHILDREN'S SERVICES REGULATION 2004 - REG 82

82 Infectious diseases

(1) All children’s services The licensee of a children’s service must ensure that a policy on infectious diseases is developed and maintained for the service that:

(a) is consistent with the Public Health Act 1991 and the regulations under that Act, including the requirements for mandatory reporting, and

(b) outlines practices to be adopted in the event of an outbreak of an infectious disease at the service, and

(c) outlines the exclusion practices and conditions for return to care for children who have an infectious disease or who have been exposed to an infectious disease.

(2) Centre based or mobile children’s service The licensee and the authorised supervisor of a centre based or mobile children’s service must ensure that primary contact staff, casual employees and contractors of the children’s service practise the policy on infectious diseases.

(3) The authorised supervisor of a centre based or mobile children’s service must ensure that information about the occurrence within the service of significant infectious disease:

(a) in any child provided with the service, or

(b) in any member of staff of the service,

is made available to the parents of children provided with the service in a manner that is not prejudicial to the rights of individual children or staff.

(4) Family day care and home based children’s service The licensee and authorised supervisor of a family day care or home based children’s service must ensure that the infectious diseases policy covers all persons normally resident in the home of a family day care carer or the home based licensee.

(5) The licensee and the authorised supervisor of a family day care children’s service must use their best endeavours to ensure that the family day care carers of the children’s service practise the policy on infectious diseases.

(6) The licensee of a home based children’s service must practise the policy on infectious diseases.

(7) The authorised supervisor of a family day care children’s service or a home based licensee must ensure that information about the occurrence within the children’s service of significant infectious disease:

(a) in any child provided with the service, or

(b) in any family day care carer or in the home based licensee, or

(c) in any person resident at the home of a family day care carer or the home based licensee,

is made available to the parents of children provided with the service in a manner that is not prejudicial to the rights of individual children, carers or other persons.