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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 749MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER KFOSTER CARE SERVICES: DAILY CARE, PROBLEM MANAGEMENT
DIVISION 1ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR INFANT CARE
RULE §749.1819What are the specific requirements for feeding an infant?
(a) Caregivers must feed an infant based on the recommendations of the infant’s health-care professional.

 (b) Unless recommendations from the service team are contrary, caregivers must hold the infant while feeding an infant that is:

  (1) Birth through six months old; or

   (2) Unable to sit unassisted in a high chair or other seating equipment during feeding.

 (c) Caregivers must never prop a bottle by supporting it with anything other than the infant's or adult’s hand.

 (d) A caregiver who cares for more than one infant must:

  (1) Sterilize shared bottles or training cups between uses by different infants; and

   (2) Clean high chair trays before each use.
Source Note: The provisions of this §749.1819 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7522; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9944; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909

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