Summer Staff Paperwork

The regulatory program of the New York State Department of Health places specific responsibilities on camp operators, and on local health departments that enforce department regulation. Following is a summary of rights and responsibilities.

Rights of Parents and Guardians

• To be informed by the camp director, or his or her designee, of any incident involving your child, including serious injury, illness or abuse.
• To review inspection and investigation reports for a camp, which are maintained by the local health department issuing the camp a permit to operate (present and past reports are available).
• To review the required written camp plans. These are on file at both the camp and the health department issuing the permit to operate.

• Responsibilities of the Camp Operator

• · To inform you and the local health department if your child is involved in any serious injury, illness or abuse incident.
• · To screen the background and qualifications of all staff.
• · To train staff about their duties.
• · To provide supervision for all campers 24 hours a day at overnight camps and during hours of operation for day camps.
• · To maintain all camp physical facilities in a safe and sanitary condition.
• · To provide safe and wholesome meals.
• · To have and follow required written plans for camp safety, health, and fire safety
• · To notify the parent or guardian with the enrollment application or enrollment contract that:          1)The camp must have a permit to operate from the New York State Department of Health or         the designated  permit-issuing officer.                                               2)The Camp is required to be inspected twice yearly, and                                   3)The inspection reports and required.  Plans are filed at the Putnam County Department of Health,    4 Geneva Rd., Brewster, NY 10509 and are available for review.

•  Responsibility of the Local Health Department

• · To review and approve the required camp plans for compliance.
• · To inspect camps to assure that: ¹All physical facilities are properly operated and maintained; ²Adequate supervision exists to provide a healthy and safe environment in accordance with the New York State Sanitary Code.
• · To issue a permit when the required plans and inspection results are satisfactory.
• · To investigate reports of serious incidents of injury, illness and all allegations of abuse or maltreatment.
• · When requested, to provide parents or guardians of prospective campers an opportunity to review reports and required plans.