Section 413.180  Discipline of Host Home Children

a)         Discipline shall be appropriate to the developmental age of the host home child, related to the child's act, and shall not be out of proportion to the particular inappropriate behavior. Discipline shall be implemented without prolonged delay.

b)         The host home parent shall be responsible for the discipline of the host home child. Discipline shall never be delegated to a host home child's peer or peers, nor to persons who are strangers to the host home child.

c)         No host home child shall be subjected to corporal punishment (as defined in Section 413.20), verbal abuse, threats or derogatory remarks about the host home child or their family.

d)         No host home child shall be deprived of a meal or part of a meal as punishment.

e)         Licensees shall not deprive or threaten to deprive a host home child of visits with family or other persons who have established a parenting bond with the host home child. Cancellation of arranged visits as a form of discipline is prohibited.

f)         No host home child shall be deprived of clothing, sleep, or privacy as punishment.

g)         A host home child may be restricted to an unlocked bedroom for a reasonable period of time. While restricted, the host home child shall have full access to sanitary facilities.

h)         Privileges may be temporarily removed as a disciplinary measure.