342AEducator to child ratios during short absence of educators

#### 342A Educator to child ratios during short absence of educators 342A Educator to child ratios during short absence of educators > > (1) A centre-based service is taken to meet the relevant educator to child ratio while an educator is not working directly with children, if— > > > > > (a) the educator’s total periods away from working directly with children does not exceed 30 minutes in a day; and > > > > > (b) during each period away from working directly with children the program is maintained in a way that continues to support the safety, health and wellbeing of each child. > > > (2) For the purposes of a rating assessment under Part 5 of the Law, the centre-based service is taken to comply with regulation 123. > > **Reg 342A:** Ins 2017 (543), reg 115.