You are responsible for:
(1) Developing and implementing your child-care home's
operational policies, which comply with or exceed Division 4 of this
subchapter (relating to Operational Policies);
(2) Ensuring all assistant caregivers and substitute
caregivers comply with the relevant minimum standards for those caregivers,
as specified in this chapter, and are provided assignments that match
their skills, abilities, and training;
(3) Ensuring all household members comply with the
minimum standards that apply to household members, as specified in
this chapter;
(4) Reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation
directly to the Texas Abuse and Neglect Hotline, as required by Texas
Family Code §261.1401. You may not delegate your responsibility
to make a report, and you may not require a household member or employee
to seek approval to file a report or notify you that a report was
made;
(5) Ensuring parents can visit your child-care home
any time during all hours of operation to observe their child, program
activities, the home, the grounds, and the equipment, without having
to secure prior approval;
(6) Initiating background checks as specified in Chapter
745, Subchapter F of this title (relating to Background Checks);
(7) Ensuring all information related to background
checks is kept confidential and not disclosed to unauthorized persons,
as required by the Human Resources Code, §40.005(d) and (e);
(8) Complying with the liability insurance requirements
in this division;
(9) Complying with:
(A) The child-care licensing law, found in Chapter
42 of the Human Resources Code;
(B) All the minimum standards that apply to your licensed
or registered child-care home, as specified in this chapter;
(C) All other applicable laws and rules in the Texas
Administrative Code; and
(10) Ensuring the total number of children in care
at the home or away from the home, such as during a field trip, never
exceeds the capacity of the home as specified on the license or registration.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §747.207 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1462; amended to be effective July 1, 2005, 30 TexReg 3602; amended to be effective December 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 10266; amended to be effective April 15, 2017, 42 TexReg 1906; 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 2449; amended to be effective March 1, 2023, 48 TexReg 950 |
