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Model health policies
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Bloodborne pathogens
Lactation Support
The Child Care Health Program staff has created a model lactation support policy designed to assist child care providers in supporting lactating parents and babies who are fed human milk. Health professionals agree that human milk is the best food for babies. With your help, babies in your care can still get the benefits of human milk when away from their parents. We hope you will find this document useful in your programs.
Health policies
The documents below are model health policy templates designed for use by early learning programs. They include both WAC items and what is currently considered to be best practice from the American Academy of Pediatrics' Caring for Our Children 4th edition. Public Health Nurses are available to assist King County early learning programs with development of a health policy. Please call 206-263-8262 to speak with a Public Health Nurse.
- Early Learning Program Health Policy templates (in MS Word):
As the Child Care Health Program receives clarification on newly implemented early learning program WACs or learns of more current best practices or outdated resources, these documents may be updated. Please check back often to ensure you have the most up-to-date version.
In October 2024, the following health policy sections in the templates above were updated.
- Purpose and Use of Health Policy
- Mixing Bleach
- Policy and Procedure for Excluding Ill Children
- Notifiable Conditions and Communicable Disease Reporting
- Medication Policy
- Infant Bottle Feeding
- Toothbrushing
- Pets and Animals policy
- Pest Control and Pesticide Use Policy
The Infant and Toddler Solid Foods section has been removed, and its contents were incorporated into the following two sections.
- Food Service
- Nutrition