Bathroom Items

[Josiegirl]

Something I don't understand is why doesn't every single state have the same rules to play by? It gets confusing when each state does things so differently.

[BrynleeJean]

My family has their toiletries under the sink in a basket that I can grab and stick on the back of the toilets water tank when needed and the cabinet has those child proof things on them so they are good soap is out all the time off course. A medicine cabinet would be nice to install a shelf with cabinets above the toilet could work as well!

[MarinaVanessa]

I started off with caddies for my kids, but soon realized it was much easier for me to just put it in the cabinet and lock it every day. And in CA, yes, we cannot have anything unlocked that says "keep out of reach of children" on it. Which every soap etc does. They only allow one single soap dispenser on the counter for hand washing. Which I believe defeats the whole purpose of the rule since they can ingest that one bottle, right? So why not have three? (As in a shampoo and conditioner as well )

Technically only things considered poisons (things meant to kill like rat poison, bug spray etc) are required to be locked up. Everything else that says "keep out of the reach of children" just has to be "inaccessible".


Title 22 says ...
102417 OPERATION OF A FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME
(g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not be limited to:
(4) Poisons, detergents, cleaning compounds, medicines, firearms and other items which could pose a
danger if readily available to children shall be stored where they are inaccessible to children.
(A) Storage areas for poisons, firearms and other dangerous weapons shall be locked.

The Title 22 Analyst Interpretations Says ...
(g)(4) POLICY
Storage areas for poisons shall be locked. A lock is defined as: a key or combination operated mechanism used to fasten shut a door, lid, or the like. Child proof devises and
safety latches are not considered locks unless they are key or combination-operated. For purposes of the locking requirement, poison is defined to include only the most lethal substances, most often those designed specifically for killing, such as bug spray, rat poison, weed killer, etc.

A number of other common household items are clearly potentially hazardous to the health of children and need to be made inaccessible. Something which is inaccessible is capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all because of its location, or because of some kind of barrier or device that effectively prevents a child from getting to it. Placing an item in a cupboard above the refrigerator is considered to be making it inaccessible. A hook and eye latch on a cabinet or door, placed where a child would be unable to reach it would not be considered a lock (see above) but would be acceptable as a means of keeping items inaccessible. Products advertised as childproof devices or safety latches can be used to make
items inaccessible, as long as they are correctly installed, are sturdy enough to withstand pulls and tugs from children and easy for an adult to install and use. Safety latches are not a guarantee of protection. No device is completely childproof: proper supervision is always
necessary and required.

PROCEDURE
Examples of hazardous materials which need to be kept out of reach of children include:
• Kitchen: all sharp utensils and cutlery, cleaning supplies, medicines, liquor cabinets, plastic bags, sharp or small things children can swallow, etc.
• Bathroom: shampoo, mouthwash, toothpaste, medicines, perfumes/lotions, cosmetics, solvents, etc.
• Garage and outdoors: solvents, gasoline, oil, turpentine, paint, sharp tools, lawnmowers, gardening tools, and any other possible danger to children, etc.

[CalCare]

Thank you for all the details All I know is, the lady told me none of it could be out but one soap dispenser! So I put it all in the cabinet with a childlock every night and morning. It works alright anyway. But I have always thought it odd that the kid could guzzle that one soap dispenser just as easily as a bunch of toothpaste. So what's the point of allowing any of it if not all of it!

[lovemykidstoo]

I have been inspected here before and have not had issues at all with where I store things and I don't think I had my toothpaste put away, only in the drawer and it didn't have a safety latch. Of course I always have my cleaning products inside the closet on the top shelf. I did not get written up for that before, but want to make sure the rules that are changing in Michigan are the same.

I didn't have my bedroom used as daycare space before but would like that. We have an attached bathroom that has my husbands medicine in it, shampoo etc. I wonder if it's sufficient if I put a hook/eye on the door to the bathroom or one of those things that clip on the handle of the door so the kids can't open it. I'm sure it doesn't matter if the child is in a pack and play sleeping or not since they can crawl out of it.

[LysesKids]

So the shampoo and conditioner you take from the shower every day and then lock it up? I just can't see my daughter (17) doing that . I wonder if I got one of those things that hang over the shower nozzle. It would be too high for them to reach. Would that work?

In some states it's mandatory to lock up; I remember my very first inspection in WV (2000)... got written up for soap on my personal bathroom sink (where kids were not allowed).