Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 26	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 748	MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS
SUBCHAPTER F	TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION 4	PRE-SERVICE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING
RULE §748.861	What are the pre-service experience requirements for a caregiver?

(a) If less than 25 children and less than 30% of your total population of children in care are receiving treatment services, then there are no pre-service experience requirements.

(b) If 25 or more children or 30% or more of your total population of children in care are receiving treatment services, then a caregiver must have 40 hours of supervised child-care experience in your operation and/or another operation that provides the same treatment services. Until the caregiver has met this 40-hour experience requirement, the caregiver:

(1) May not be assigned as the only caregiver responsible for a group of children;

(2) Must be supervised at all times by another caregiver who has already satisfied the 40-hour experience requirement; and

(3) The supervised child-care experience must be documented in the appropriate personnel record.

Source Note: The provisions of this §748.861 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 10393; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909