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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 748MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS
SUBCHAPTER DREPORTS AND RECORD KEEPING
DIVISION 1REPORTING SERIOUS INCIDENTS AND OTHER OCCURRENCES
RULE §748.319How must I notify parents of a safe sleeping deficiency or an abuse, neglect, or exploitation deficiency?

(a) Within five days after you receive notification of a deficiency described in §748.317 of this division (relating to What are the notification requirements when Licensing finds my operation deficient in a standard related to safe sleeping or the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a child in care?), you must notify the parents of each child residing at your child-care operation at the time of notification, including a child who may not have been in care on the day of the actual incident.

(b) If the deficiency is for a safe sleeping standard, you must notify the parents using Form 2970, Notification of Safe Sleeping Deficiency, located on the Licensing provider website.

(c) If the deficiency is for the standard related to the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a child in care, you must notify the parents using Form 7266, Notification of Abuse/Neglect/Exploitation Deficiency, located on the Licensing provider website.

(d) You must maintain and make available for our review, upon request, proof that you have notified parents in writing of deficiencies in safe sleeping and abuse, neglect, or exploitation, as required by subsection (a) of this section.


Source Note: The provisions of this §748.319 adopted to be effective April 25, 2021, 46 TexReg 2452

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