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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 746MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-CARE CENTERS
SUBCHAPTER OGET-WELL CARE PROGRAMS
RULE §746.3111Must I care for children in the get-well care program in an area separate from the well children in care?

If your get-well care program is located in the same building as your other child-care programs:

  (1) The get-well care program must have a separate entrance and a separate ventilation system;

  (2) Indoor hallways, bathrooms, and activity areas utilized by the get-well care program must be separate from the other child-care programs;

  (3) A single kitchen may be used if the cook has no child-care responsibility;

  (4) Separate toileting facilities must be available for the children in the get-well care program from the children in the well child-care program at a ratio of one toilet for every ten children; and

  (5) Linens, furniture, fixtures, equipment, and supplies designated for use by the get-well care program must be sanitized before being used by the well children.


Source Note: The provisions of this §746.3111 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1402; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909

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