| (C) Soaking in or spraying on a disinfecting solution
for at least two minutes. Rinsing with cool water only those items
that a child is likely to place in his mouth; and
(D) Allowing the surface or item to air-dry.
(63) School-age child--A child who is five years old
or older and is enrolled in or has completed kindergarten.
(64) Seat belt--A lap belt and any shoulder strap included
as original equipment on or added to a motor vehicle.
(65) Seclusion--A type of emergency behavior intervention
that involves the involuntary separation of a child from other children
and the placement of the child alone in an area from which the child
is prevented from leaving. Examples of such an area include where
the child is prevented from leaving by a physical barrier, force,
or threat of force.
(66) Service plan--A plan that identifies a child's
basic and specific needs and how those needs will be met.
(67) Short personal restraint--A personal restraint
that does not last longer than one minute before the child is released.
(68) State or local fire authority--A fire official
who is authorized to conduct fire safety inspections on behalf of
the city, county, or state government, including certified fire inspectors.
(69) State or local sanitation official--A sanitation
official who is authorized to conduct environmental sanitation inspections
on behalf of the city, county, or state government.
(70) Substantial physical injury--Physical injury serious
enough that a reasonable person would conclude that the injury needs
treatment by a medical professional, including dislocated, fractured,
or broken bones; concussions; lacerations requiring stitches; second
and third degree burns; and damages to internal organs. Evidence that
physical injury is serious includes the location, severity of the
bodily harm, and age of the child. Substantial physical injury does
not include minor bruising, the risk of minor bruising, or similar
forms of minor bodily harm that will resolve healthily without professional
medical attention.
(71) Supine restraint--Placing a child in a chest up
restraint hold.
(72) Supplements--Includes vitamins, herbs, and any
supplement labeled dietary supplement.
(73) Swimming activities--Activities related to the
use of swimming pools, wading/splashing pools, hot tubs, or other
bodies of water.
(74) Toddler--A child from 18 months through 35 months.
(75) Trafficking victim--A child who has been recruited,
harbored, transported, provided or obtained for the purpose of forced
labor or commercial sexual activity, including any child subjected
to an act or practice as specified in Texas Penal Code §20A.02
or §20A.03.
(76) Trauma informed care (TIC)--Care for children
that is child-centered and considers the unique culture, experiences,
and beliefs of the child. TIC takes into consideration:
(A) The impact that traumatic experiences have on the
lives of children;
(B) The symptoms of childhood trauma;
(C) An understanding of a child's personal trauma history;
(D) The recognition of a child's trauma triggers; and
(E) Methods of responding that improve a child's ability
to trust, to feel safe, and to adapt to changes in the child's environment.
(77) Treatment director--The person responsible for
the overall treatment program providing treatment services. A treatment
director may have other responsibilities and may designate treatment
director responsibilities to other qualified persons.
(78) Universal precautions--An approach to infection
control where all human blood and certain human bodily fluids are
treated as if known to be infectious for the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV), the hepatitis B virus (HBV), and other blood-borne pathogens.
(79) Unsupervised childhood activities--Childhood activities
that a child in care participates in away from the operation and the
caregivers. Childhood activities that an operation sponsors, conducts,
or supervises are not unsupervised childhood activities. Unsupervised
childhood activities may include playing sports, going on field trips,
spending the night with a friend, going to the mall, or dating. Unsupervised
childhood activities may last one or more days.
(80) Vaccine-preventable disease--A disease that is
included in the most current recommendations of the Advisory Committee
on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(81) Volunteer--A person who provides:
(A) Child-care services, treatment services, or programmatic
services under the auspices of the operation without monetary compensation;
or
(B) Any type of services under the auspices of the
operation without monetary compensation when the person has unsupervised
access to a child in care.
(82) Young adult--An adult whose chronological age
is between 18 and 22 years, who is currently in a residential child-care
operation, and who continues to need child-care services.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §748.43 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective March 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 881; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7497; amended to be effective June 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 3727; amended to be effective June 1, 2015, 40 TexReg 2789; 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; amended to be effective April 25, 2022, 47 TexReg 2248; amended to be effective December 21, 2022,47 TexReg 8115 |
