Adam’s Camp / Adventure Camp

Prior to caring for children, all staff must complete a Department-approved training in emergency and disaster preparedness: Evacuation, Shelter in Place, Lockdown, and Active Shooter on Premises Plans for Children in Care. For seasonal children’s resident camp programs, operating no more than 90 days per calendar year, at least one on site director must be trained in the Department approved training.

Rule 2.133.A. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 2, 2026.

Prior to working with campers all staff members and regular volunteers must complete a Department-approved standard precautions training. This training must be renewed annually.

Rule 2.411.A. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 2, 2026.

All health care workers must hold a current Department-approved standard precautions training and First Aid and CPR Certification.

Rule 2.412.F.3. CDEC’s category: Personnel/Physical Care. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 2, 2026.

Camp staff designated to give medications must complete the Department-approved Medication Administration training and have current delegation pursuant to section 12-255-131, C.R.S. which are part of the Colorado Medical Practice Act and the Nurse and Nurse Aide Practice Act. Delegators must observe and document the competency of each staff member involved in medication administration. All staff administering medication must have current Department-approved Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), first aid training prior to administering medication with the following exceptions:

Rule 2.418.F. CDEC’s category: Health/Medication. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 2, 2026.

Each owner and employee sixteen (16) years of age or older of a facility or agency shall complete the fingerprint process at an approved vendor. Payment of the fee for the criminal record check is the responsibility of the individual being checked or the facility or agency. The results of the criminal record check, the CBI and/or Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) response letters, must be maintained at the home, center, facility, or agency and must be available for review upon request by a Licensing Specialist.

Rule 2.121.D. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 11, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 25, 2025.

Prior to working with campers all staff members and regular volunteers must complete a Department-approved standard precautions training. This training must be renewed annually.

Rule 2.411.A. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 11, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 25, 2025.

Criminal background check requests must be successfully completed prior to an individual caring for children or allowing the individual unsupervised access to children in child care centers (less than 24-hour care), school-age child care facilities, family child care homes, and qualified exempt provider homes.

Rule 2.121.D.4.a. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 14, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 21, 2024.

Every five (5) years, requests for FBI criminal record checks must be renewed by completing the fingerprint process at an approved vendor. An updated clearance letter or verification of the submission of the request must be obtained prior to five (5) years from the date reflected on the current clearance letter.

Rule 2.121.D.5. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 14, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 21, 2024.

Prior to caring for children, all staff must complete a Department-approved training in emergency and disaster preparedness: Evacuation, Shelter in Place, Lockdown, and Active Shooter on Premises Plans for Children in Care. For seasonal children’s resident camp programs, operating no more than 90 days per calendar year, at least one on site director must be trained in the Department approved training.

Rule 2.133.A. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 14, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 21, 2024.

A ?children?s resident camp?? means a facility operating for three or more consecutive twenty-four-hour days during one or more seasons of the year for the care of five or more children. The facility shall have as its purpose a group living experience offering education and recreational activities in an outdoor environment. The recreational experiences may occur at the permanent camp premises or on trips off the premises. A children’s resident camp serves children who have completed kindergarten or are six years of age or older through children younger than nineteen years of age; except that a person nineteen years of age or twenty years of age may attend a children’s resident camp if, within six months prior to attending the children’s resident camp, he or she has attended or has graduated from high school.

Rule 2.404.A. CDEC’s category: General Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 14, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 21, 2024.

In order to administer medications, all health care workers, except physicians and registered nurses, must complete the Department-approved Medication Administration Training, receive delegation and hold current Department-approved First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification.

Rule 2.411.B.3. CDEC’s category: Personnel/Physical Care. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 14, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 21, 2024.

The camp must inform its health care worker prior to the first day of care of the enrollment of a child with special health care needs, if known, to ensure staff receives training, delegation and supervision as indicated by the child?s individualized health care plan.

Rule 2.413.C. CDEC’s category: Health/Medication. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 14, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 21, 2024.

In permanent structures, exit signs must be posted at every required exit doorway and wherever otherwise required to clearly indicate the directions of egress.

Rule 2.424.C. CDEC’s category: General Building. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 27, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 2, 2024.

All staff members must complete a Department-approved Standard Precautions training prior to working with children. This training must be renewed annually and may count towards ongoing training requirements.

Rule 7.711.22.D.. CDEC’s category: Personnel/Physical Care. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 21, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 21, 2023.

An operator of a licensed facility, guest child care facility as defined in Section 26-6-102 (16), C.R.S., or an exempt family child care home provider must submit a request to determine if an operator, applicant for employment or current employee has been found responsible for a confirmed report of child abuse or neglect in the State Department’s automated system (Trails).

Rule 7.701.32.A.. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 20, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 28, 2023.

Except as required per Section 7.701.33.D.3, any adult volunteer, working as a staff member to meet the required staff-child ratio or staff qualifications, who works fourteen (14) days (112 hours) or more in a calendar year, must submit to CBI a complete set of fingerprints taken by a qualified law enforcement agency or any party approved by CBI to obtain a criminal record check. The results of the criminal record check must be maintained at the facility or agency and must be available for inspection by a Licensing Specialist. An employee operating as a volunteer to meet required staff-child ratio that do not have a completed background check on file must be supervised at all times by a qualified staff member who has successfully completed all background checks.

Rule 7.701.33.D.2. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 20, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 28, 2023.

There must be on file at the campsite an annually-dated a written or electronic agreement with a licensed physician or nearby health care facility to provide the necessary medical services for campers at the camp and medical help as a backup to the camp staff members responsible for health supervision.

Rule 7.711.15.A.. CDEC’s category: General Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 20, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 28, 2023.

The camper must submit documentation of immunization status or exemption as required by Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Colorado law requires proof of immunization or exemption be provided prior to or on the first day of admission.

Rule 7.711.31.E.. CDEC’s category: Health/Medication. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 20, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 28, 2023.

Prior to the child?s attendance at camp, the following information must be obtained and maintained at the campsite for each camper: Parent?s or guardian’s names, home and employment addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses

Rule 7.711.41.A.2.. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 20, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 28, 2023.

Prior to the child?s attendance at camp, the following information must be obtained and maintained at the campsite for each camper: Name, address and telephone number of emergency contacts.

Rule 7.711.41.A.3.. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 20, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 28, 2023.

Prior to the child?s attendance at camp, the following information must be obtained and maintained at the campsite for each camper: Name, address, and telephone number of individuals authorized to take the child from camp if different from the parent or guardian

Rule 7.711.41.A.4.. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 20, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 28, 2023.

Substances which may be toxic to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled, including, but not limited to, poisons, drugs, medicines, insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, bleaches, chemicals, and corrosive agents must be stored in a cabinet or enclosure located in an area not used by children, stored in the original container, and properly labeled.

Rule 7.711.54.N.. CDEC’s category: General Building. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 20, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 28, 2023.

The camp must have an accurate system whereby staff members who are responsible for the supervision of children must know where each child is at all times.

Rule 7.711.23.A.. CDEC’s category: Supervision/Guidance/Reporting. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 20, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 9, 2023.