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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 747MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-CARE HOMES
SUBCHAPTER BADMINISTRATION AND COMMUNICATION
DIVISION 2REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS
RULE §747.303What other situations require notification to Licensing?

(a) You must notify us as soon as possible, but no later than two days after:

  (1) Any occurrence that renders all or part of your child-care home unsafe or unsanitary for a child;

  (2) Injury to a child in your care that requires medical treatment by a health-care professional or hospitalization;

  (3) A child in your care shows signs or symptoms of an illness that requires hospitalization;

  (4) You become aware that a household member, caregiver, or child in care contracts an illness deemed notifiable by the Texas Department of State Health Services as specified in 25 TAC Chapter 97, Subchapter A (relating to Control of Communicable Disease);

  (5) A person for whom you are required to request a background check under Chapter 745, Subchapter F of this title (relating to Background Checks) is arrested or charged with a crime;

  (6) The occurrence of any other non-routine situation that places, or may place, a child at risk for injury or harm, such as forgetting a child in a vehicle or not preventing a child from wandering away from your child-care home unsupervised; and

  (7) A new individual becomes a controlling person at your operation, or an individual that was previously a controlling person ceases to be a controlling person at your operation.

(b) You must notify us immediately if a child dies while in your care.


Source Note: The provisions of this §747.303 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1462; amended to be effective December 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 10266; amended to be effective March 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 935; amended to be effective December 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 9140; 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

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