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CONTENTS46 Health and safety practices standard: general
- The health and safety practices standard: general is the standard that requires every licensed service provider to whom this regulation applies to:
- take all reasonable steps to promote the good health and safety of children enrolled in the service; and
- take all reasonable precautions to prevent accidents and the spread of infection among children enrolled in the service; and
- take all reasonable steps to ensure that the premises, facilities, and other equipment on those premises are:
- kept in good repair; and
- maintained regularly; and
- used safely and kept free from hazards; and
- take all reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate procedures are in place to deal with fires, earthquakes, and other emergencies.
- Each licensed service provider to whom this regulation applies must comply with the health and safety practices standard: general.
Important
The criteria in this section are grouped together by topic. Each criterion has also been given a short, descriptive title.
These titles are provided only to help you navigate around more easily on the website – they do not form part of the criteria themselves.
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Hygiene – HS1 to HS3
Emergencies – HS4 to HS8
Sleep – HS9 to HS11
Hazards and outings – HS12 to HS18
Food and drink – HS19 to HS23
Child health and wellbeing – HS24 to HS30
Child protection – HS31 to HS33
Notification – HS34
