(1) A provider must:

(a) Agree to provide care, supervision, and daily activities based on the child's developmental needs, including health, safety, physical, nutritional, emotional, cognitive, and social needs;

(b) Report any legal name, address, or telephone number changes to DCYF within ten days;

(c) Comply with the requirements contained in this chapter and the applicable requirements in chapters 110-06 and 110-15 WAC;

(d) Allow parents access to their own children at all times while in care; and

(e) Have access to a telephone with 911 emergency calling services and capability for both incoming and outgoing calls during all times children are in care.

(2) A provider must not submit an invoice for more than six children for the same hours of care.

(3) A provider must not care for more than six children, including their own children, at any one time.

(4) Care must be provided in the following locations:

(a) A provider related to the child by marriage, blood relationship, or court decree and who are grandparents, great-grandparents, siblings who live in separate residences, aunts, uncles, great aunts, or great uncles must choose to provide care in either the provider's home or the child's home, with the exception that a provider residing with a person disqualified under chapter 110-06 WAC must provide care in the child's home.

(b) A provider related to the child by marriage, blood, or court decree, but not listed in (a) of this subsection, must choose to be approved to provide care in either the provider's home or the child's home, with the exception that a provider residing with a person disqualified under chapter 110-06 WAC must provide care in the child's home.

(c) A provider not related to the child, such as a friend or neighbor must provide care in the child's home.

(5) A provider described in subsection (4)(b) or (c) of this section must:

(a) Complete the department approved training required by WAC 110-16-0025; and

(b) Have an annual technical assistance visit in the home where FFN care is provided.