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Children's Camp - Facility Operator Information
Children day camps and overnight camps are regulated via inspections and plan reviews. Key emphasis is on supervision, health and safety issues.
Safety Plan Documents
- Childrens Camp Safety Plan (PDF)
- Pool Safety Plan (PDF)
- Beach Safety Plan (PDF)
- General Activity Worksheet (PDF)
- Sports (PDF)
- Swimming (PDF)
- Camp Trip Swimming (PDF)
- Boating (PDF)
- Archery (PDF)
- Riflery (PDF)
- Horseback Riding (PDF)
- Rope or Challenge Courses (PDF)
- Camp Trips (PDF)
- Spray Ground Facility Operation and Maintenance (PDF)
- Safety Plan Addendum - Campers With Disabilities
Report Forms
- Application for Permit to Operate DOH3915(PDF)
- Wilderness Swimming Site Field Assessment Tool (PDF)
- Department of Health 61 - Abuse Report Form (PDF)
- Department of Health 61 - Fire Report Form (PDF)
- Department of Health 61 - Rabies Exposure Form (PDF)
- Department of Health 61a - Injury Report (PDF)
- Department of Health 61b - Illness Outbreak Report (PDF)
- Department of Health 61e - Ephinephrine Admin Report (PDF)
- Department of Health 61h - Multiple Victim Injury Report Form (PDF)
- Department of Health 367 (PDF)
- Department of Health 367-Addendum (PDF)
- LDSS-3770 - Database Check (PDF)
- Prospective Camp Director Statement DOH-2271 (PDF)
- Required Reporting Poster (PDF)
Procedures and Guidance Documents
- Bed Separation Slides (PDF)
- Buddy Board System for Swimming Areas (Power Point)
- Children's Camps in NYS
- Frequently Asked Questions_Campers with Disabilities 01-11-17
- General Guidelines for Management of Bats (PDF)
- General Safety Tips for PaintBall (PDF)
- H1N1 Flu Guidance (PDF)
- Helmet Information Pamphlet (PDF)
- Illness Outbreaks - Procedure for Handling Out Breaks at Camp (PDF)
- Lyme Disease - How to Remove the Tick (PDF)
- Measles Prevention At Summer Camp (PDF)
- Meningococcal Parent Sample Letter
- Meningococcal Response Form Sample
- New York State Immunization Requirements 10-2016 (PDF)
- NYSIIS Camp Access Information Required (PDF)
- NYSIIS Camp Access User Training (PDF)
- NYSIIS, What is it? (PDF)
- NYS Immunization Schedule (PDF)
- Requirements for Children's Camps in NYS (PDF)
- Requirements for a Permit to Operate a Children's Camp (PDF)
- Sex Offender Registry Search Procecure for Children's Camps (PDF)
- Tick and Insect Repellants (PDF)
- Vaccine Preventable Disease Camp Procedure 2011 (PDF)
- Water Supply Seasonal Start-Up Certification
- Water Supply Start-Up Procedures for New York State Children's Camps (PDF)
- Wilderness Swimming Guidance (PDF)
Fact Sheets
- Amusement Device Fact Sheet
- Bunk Bed Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Bat Habitat Inspection Fact Sheet(PDF)
- Heat Illness Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Lyme Disease Fact Sheet (PDF)
- MRSA Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Mumps Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Fecal Incident Response In Pools Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Petussis Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Rabies - What to Do Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Supervision of Boating Activities Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Vomit and Blood Contamination In Pools Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Life Jackets_The Fit is It Fact Sheet
- Meningococcal Fact Sheet
State Memos and Letters
State Sanitary Codes and Laws
- State Sanitary Code Subpart 6-1 Final 7-6-11 (PDF)
- State Sanitary Code Subpart 6-2 Final 7-6-11 (PDF)
- State Sanitary Code Subpart 7-2 Final 6-22-16 (PDF)
- Child Safety Act - 1392-a (PDF)
- Reporting of Crimes Legislation
- Epinephrine Auto-Injector Device Policy for Children's Camps (PDF)
- Camps for Children with Developmental Disabilities