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(1) Day care centers shall comply with
the following fire safety standards in the area of the day care center in
which day care is provided: (a) adequate fire and smoke alarms; (b) a
functional telephone; (c) adequate fire extinguishers or other suitable
arrangements for extinguishing fires; and (d) adequate exits. Separate
standards in these categories shall also be developed for group day care
facilities.
(2) No fire standards developed pursuant to this chapter shall be more
stringent than the standards contained in the International Fire Code, without
supplementation by any other standard or code.
(3) In addition to the fire safety standards identified in subsection (1)
of this section, fire safety standards may be established to govern the
maximum allowable ratio of children to staff subject to the following
restrictions:
(a) In no event shall the child-staff ratio require more than one (1)
staff member to six (6) children for all children age eighteen (18) months
or less, more than one (1) staff member to twelve (12) children for all
children above age eighteen (18) months but less than five (5) years; and
more than one (1) staff member to eighteen (18) children for all children
whose age is five (5) years or more;
(b) No factors other than fire safety may be considered in establishing
child-staff ratios;
(c) All adults on the premises shall be counted as staff for purposes of
computing a child-staff ratio; and
(d) Each child shall count as one (1) child for purposes of computing a
child-staff ratio.

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