(1) Within ninety days of initial approval to receive WCCC or SCC benefits, providers must adopt the department's electronic attendance recordkeeping system or a department-approved electronic attendance recordkeeping system to record a child's attendance. Ninety days following approval, providers not using an approved electronic attendance system will no longer receive WCCC or SCC payments.

(2) The electronic attendance recordkeeping system must:

(a) Record an electronic signature, swipe card, personal identification number (PIN), biometric reader, or similar authentication by the parent or designee when signing the child in and out of the provider's care;

(b) Ensure the authenticity, confidentiality, integrity, security, accessibility, and protection against alterations of the electronic records;

(c) Produce an authentic, verifiable record for each transaction that complies with all legal and other requirements regarding the record's structure, content, and time of creation or receipt;

(d) Prove the identity of the sender of the record;

(e) Uniquely identify each record;

(f) Capture an electronic record for each transaction conducted;

(g) Maintain the integrity of electronic records as captured or created so that they can be accessed, displayed and managed as a unit;

(h) Retain electronic records in an accessible form for their legal minimum retention period;

(i) Search and retrieve electronic records in the normal course of business throughout their entire legal minimum retention period;

(j) Produce authentic copies of electronic records and supply them in usable formats for business purposes and all public access purposes;

(k) Contain all of the information necessary to reproduce the entire electronic record and associated signatures in a form that permits the person viewing or printing the entire electronic record to verify:

(i) The contents of the electronic record;

(ii) The method used to sign the electronic record, if applicable;

(iii) The person signing the electronic record; and

(iv) The date when the signature was executed.