Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

CHILD CARE SERVICES (CHILD CARE) REGULATIONS 2006 - REG 69

69 .         Record of injury or accident

        (1)         A licensee must ensure that a record is kept of —

            (a)         any injury to or accident involving an enrolled child during a care session, including details of the nature and circumstances of the injury or accident;

            (b)         any treatment given to an enrolled child who is injured or becomes ill during a care session; and

            (c)         the death of an enrolled child during a care session, including details of the circumstances in which the child died.

        (2)         A licensee must ensure that —

            (a)         a record under subregulation (1)(a) or (b) concerning a child is retained until the child reaches 24 years of age; and

            (b)         a record under subregulation (1)(c) is retained for a period of 6 years from the day on which the record was made.

        Penalty: a fine of $3 000.