Figure: 40 TAC §745.465(a)
Serious Incident  (i)To
Licensing?
 
(ii) If so, when?		 (i) To Parents?
 
 
(ii) If so, when?		 (i) To Law
enforcement?
 
(ii) If so, when?
(1) A child dies while in
your care.		 (A)(i) YES
 
(A)(ii) Report as
soon as
possible, but no
later than 24
hours after the
incident or
occurrence.		 (B)(i) YES
 
(B)(ii)
Immediately.		 (C)(i) YES
 
(C)(ii)
Immediately.
(2) A critical injury or
illness that warrants
treatment by a medical
professional or
hospitalization, including
dislocated, fractured, or
broken bones;
concussions; lacerations
requiring stitches; second
and third degree burns;
and damage to internal
organs.		 (A)(i) YES
 
(A)(ii) Report as
soon as
possible, but no
later than 24
hours after the
incident or
occurrence.		 (B)(i) YES
 
(B)(ii) Report as
soon as
possible, but no
later than 24
hours after the
incident or
occurrence.		 (C)(i) NO
 
(C)(ii) Not
Applicable.
(3) Allegations of abuse,
neglect, or exploitation of
a child; or any incident
where there are
indications that a child in
care may have been
abused, neglected, or
exploited.		 (A)(i) YES
 
(A)(ii) As soon
as you become
aware of it.		 (B)(i) YES
 
(B)(ii) As soon
as you become
aware of it.		 (C)(i) NO
 
(C)(ii) Not
applicable.
(4) A child in your care
contracts a communicable
disease that the law
requires you to report to
the Department of State
Health Services (DSHS)
as specified in 25 TAC
Chapter 97, Subchapter A,
(relating to Control of
Communicable Diseases).		 (A)(i) YES,
unless the
information is
confidential.
 
 
 
 
(A)(ii) As soon
as possible, but
no later than 24
hours after you
become aware
of the
communicable
disease.		 (B)(i) YES, if
their child has
contracted the
communicable
disease or has
been exposed
to it.
 
(B)(ii) As soon
as possible, but
no later than 24
hours after you
become aware
of the
communicable
disease.		 (C)(i) NO
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(C)(ii) Not
applicable.
(5) A lost or missing child. (A)(i) YES
 
(A)(ii) As soon
as you become
aware that the
child is lost or
missing.		 (B)(i) YES
 
(B)(ii) As soon
as you become
aware that the
child is lost or
missing.		 (C)(i) NO
 
(C)(ii) Not
applicable.