10A NCAC 09 .2504. SPACE REQUIREMENTS

(a)  All space requirements specified in Section .1400 apply when a facility provides care for school-age children and any preschool child is also in care, or when a program which provides care exclusively for school-age children routinely operates indoors in a permanent structure for more than 25 percent of each day.  A gymnasium or other single use room may be included in the space measured for licensed capacity when used as primary space.

(b)  A facility licensed as a summer day camp shall have a permanent structure located at the home base which is the primary site of the summer day camp activities.  The permanent structure may be a building or permanent roofed shelter with overhang.  The summer day camp shall meet one of the following space requirements:

(1)           When activities for children are routinely conducted outdoors or off the premises for at least 75 percent of each day, a minimum of 10 square feet per child of indoor space, exclusive of kitchens, hallways, restrooms, closets, and storage areas, shall be provided.

(2)           When the camp's home base does not provide 10 square feet of primary space indoors, the camp shall provide notarized copies of all letters, agreements, or contracts with other facilities to the Division which guarantee that children will be accommodated comfortably indoors in the event of inclement weather.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 110-85; 110-91(3),(6); 143B-168.3;

Eff. July 1, 1988;

Amended Eff. July 1, 2010; September 1, 1990.