(1) Licensees must meet the supervision requirements listed in this section unless their contract for services requires more stringent supervision requirements for the health, safety, and well-being of the children, youth, and personnel.

(2) Licensees and their direct care staff and direct care volunteers must provide appropriate supervision for the children and youth in care based on each child's or youth's developmental capabilities.

(3) Supervising staff must:

(a) Conduct ongoing and periodic checks on children and youth in care when they are out of sight or hearing distance;

(b) Use their knowledge of each child's and youth's developmental capabilities to:

(i) Mitigate unsafe or unhealthy events or actions; and

(ii) Intervene in unsafe or unhealthy events or actions as soon as possible; and

(c) Remain awake when they are on supervision duty, unless they are working in a facility where the focus of the program is on developing independent living skills as outlined in RCW 74.13.540.

(4) Licensees must:

(a) Determine prior to placement if a child or youth has a need for a higher level of supervision based on their health, safety, and well-being needs and to maintain the health, safety, and well-being of all children and youth in the home by:

(i) Obtaining information from the child's or youth's representatives; and

(ii) Using any other known information;

(b) Complete the following if they determine after placement that a child or youth has a need for a higher level of supervision than originally assessed:

(i) Develop a supervision plan to address those needs;

(ii) Obtain approval for the supervision plan from the child's or youth's representatives, if applicable; and

(iii) Document the supervision plan in the child's or youth's well-being file as outlined in WAC 110-145-2890;

(c) Allow nonpersonnel individuals who come onto the licensed premises to only have contact with the child or youth for whom they are approved;

(d) Be on the same floor of the facility or within hearing distance and access to where children under six years old are sleeping;

(e) Not leave children under six years old and children or youth who are vulnerable due to their developmental capabilities unattended in a bathtub or shower; and

(f) Not use cribs, bassinets, cradles, playpens, infant swings, or electronic monitoring as a substitute for supervision and care.