(1) An early learning provider who oversees staff must:

(a) Establish a work plan with clear expectations;

(b) Be aware of what staff members are doing; and

(c) Be available and able to respond in an emergency as needed to protect the health and safety of children in care.

(2) When the family home licensee, center director, assistant director, program supervisor, lead teacher, or assistant teacher is the only staff supervising an aide or volunteer, the aide or volunteer may be out of the supervisor's visual and auditory range only when the aide, volunteer or supervisor is attending to personal needs.