Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 26	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 746	MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-CARE CENTERS
SUBCHAPTER R	HEALTH PRACTICES
DIVISION 3	ILLNESS AND INJURY
RULE §746.3605	How must caregivers respond when a child becomes ill?

(a) If a child becomes ill while in your care but does not require immediate treatment by a health-care professional or hospitalization, you must:

(1) Contact the parent to pick up the child;

(2) Care for the child apart from other children;

(3) Give appropriate attention and supervision until the parent picks the child up; and

(4) Give extra attention to hand washing and sanitation if the child has diarrhea or vomiting.

(b) If a child becomes ill while in your care and requires immediate treatment by a health-care professional or hospitalization, you must:

(1) Contact emergency medical services (or take the child to the nearest emergency room after you have ensured the supervision of other children in the group);

(2) Give the child first-aid treatment or CPR when needed;

(3) Contact the child's parent;

(4) Contact the physician or other health-care professional identified in the child's record; and

(5) Ensure the supervision of other children in the group.

Source Note: The provisions of this §746.3605 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; amended to be effective April 25, 2021, 46 TexReg 2447