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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 748MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS
SUBCHAPTER PPHYSICAL SITE
DIVISION 2INTERIOR SPACE
RULE §748.3361May a child in care share a bedroom with an adult caregiver?
(a) Generally, each child should have the child's own designated bedroom or share a bedroom with other children.

 (b) A child may share a bedroom with an adult caregiver if:

  (1) It is in the best interest of the child;

   (2) The child is under three years old and sleeps in the bedroom of the caregiver; and

   (3) The service planning team dates and documents the approval in the child's service plan.

 (c) A child must not sleep in the same bed with an adult caregiver at any time.

 (d) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to travel and camping situations.
Source Note: The provisions of this §748.3361 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7497; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective April 25, 2022, 47 TexReg 2248

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