1394. Children's camps; standards and regulations. 1. The public health council shall prescribe standards and establish regulations for children's overnight, summer day and traveling summer day camps, as defined in this article, concerning such matters as may be appropriate for the protection and security of the life, health and safety of the occupants of such camps.
2. All buses or other motor vehicles which are owned by a traveling summer day camp or which are operated or leased by such camp for the purpose of transporting children attending such camp shall meet the requirements for safe operation of such vehicles as provided for in section one hundred forty of the transportation law.
3. Any person, firm, corporation, or association that operates a children's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp, and has obtained a permit pursuant to section thirteen hundred ninety-three of this article, shall be authorized to employ or contract with a physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse or emergency medical technician to act as a designated camp health director or to provide health services in assistance to the camp health director pursuant to applicable regulations promulgated by the commissioner.
4. Each children's overnight camp, summer day camp and travelling summer day camp shall allow children attending such camp to carry and use topical sunscreen products approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for over-the-counter use for the purpose of avoiding overexposure to the sun and not for medical treatment of an injury or illness, with the written permission of the parent or guardian of the child. A record of such permission shall be maintained by the camp. A child who is unable to physically apply sunscreen may be assisted by unlicensed personnel when directed to do so by the child, if permitted by a parent or guardian and authorized by the camp.
5. Each children's overnight camp, summer day camp and traveling summer day camp shall allow children attending such camp to carry and use insect repellent with the written permission of a parent or guardian of any child. A record of such permission shall be maintained by the camp. A child who is unable to physically apply insect repellent may be assisted by unlicensed personnel when directed to do so by the child, if permitted by a parent or guardian and authorized by the camp.
Last modified: February 3, 2019