The rules for the adults accompanying them depend on whether it is a daytime visit or an overnight stay:

Daytime Visit Only (Recruitment Activity / Open House)

• Unregistered Parents/Guardians: Do not need YPT or BSA registration to visit for the day with their youth.

• Den Leaders / Registered Scouters: Must already have current YPT and registration.

• Rules: Unregistered visiting parents must never be alone with youth other than their own child and must be accompanied by registered leadership.

Staying Overnight (Campout at Camp Wisdom)

• Parents/Guardians camping with their own child: Under Scouting America’s official Cub Scout Overnight Exception, a parent or legal guardian camping with their own AOL child is exempt from formal BSA registration. However:

  • While national policy does not formally require non-registered parents to take full online YPT to sleep in a tent with their own child, they must review the “How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide.”

  • Strong local best practice: Circle Ten Council units and camps strongly encourage or request that all visiting adults take the free online YPT on my.scouting.org prior to arriving at camp.

  • An unregistered parent must be accompanied by a registered leader anytime they interact with youth other than their own child.

• Any adult who is NOT the parent/guardian (grandparent, uncle, family friend, or a den leader acting as unit supervision): Must be a fully registered adult volunteer with current YPT and a cleared background check.

• Health Forms: Everyone (youth and adults), regardless of registration status, must bring signed BSA Annual Health and Medical Record (Parts A & B).