You must clean, repair, and maintain your child-care home,
grounds, and equipment to protect the health of the children, including:
(1) Setting aside toys and equipment that are placed
in children's mouths or are otherwise contaminated by body secretion
or excrement, to be sanitized daily or before handling by another
child;
(2) Machine washing used cloth toys at least weekly
and when contaminated;
(3) Machine washing used linens at least weekly, and
when soiled and before another child uses them;
(4) Sanitizing sleeping equipment before a different
child uses it and when soiled;
(5) Sanitizing potty chairs after each child's use;
(6) Emptying water play tables and toys used in water
play tables daily, sanitizing, and ensuring children and caregivers
wash their hands before using the water table;
(7) Maintaining sand boxes and sand tables in a sanitary
manner;
(8) Making all garbage inaccessible to children, and
managing it to keep the child-care home, inside and outside, free
of insects, rodents, and offensive odors;
(9) Keeping all floors, ceilings, and walls in good
repair and clean;
(10) Ensuring paints used at the child-care home are
lead-free;
(11) Keeping all parts of the child-care home used
by children well heated, lighted, and ventilated;
(12) Sanitizing table tops, furniture, and other similar
equipment used by children when soiled or contaminated with matter
such as food, body secretions, or excrement;
(13) Clearly marking cleaning supplies and other toxic
materials and keeping them separate from food and inaccessible to
children; and
(14) Using, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials
as recommended by the manufacturer.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §747.3203 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1462; amended to be effective September 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 6250; 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 |
