The FAD worker must ensure all verified and approved homes adhere to certain basic water safety requirements:

  •   all foster and adoptive parents must supervise children under the age of five or with physical or cognitive impairments at all times when the children are in the bathtub;

  •   all foster and adoptive parents who have a pool or other body of water on their property must successfully complete an approved water safety course;

  •   all foster and adoptive parents must ensure that:

  •   children's toys are kept away from a pool that is not in use; and

  •   a telephone is always kept by the pool in case of an emergency.

Although there are no applicable Minimum Standards for adoptive homes, the above water policy requirements still apply.