Sec. 17. The director of the division shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to carry out this chapter, including rules specifying the following:
(1) Standards for the hiring of staff for a school age child care program.
(2) Cost and expense standards for establishing and operating a school age child care program within a school and within a facility other than a school.
(3) A sliding fee scale for use by school age child care programs that are operating under a grant from the fund.
(4) Minimum staff to child ratios for a school age child care program.
(5) Physical space requirements for a school age child care program, including indoor and outdoor space.
(6) Nutrition requirements for a school age child care program.
(7) Standards for the provision of emergency health services in a school age child care program.
(8) Application guidelines and deadlines.
(9) A method for establishing priority of applicants.