The child-care administrator must:
(1) Have daily supervision and on-site administrative
responsibility for the overall operation;
(2) Ensure that the operation complies with current
heightened monitoring plans, if applicable; and
(3) Be responsible for or assign responsibility for:
(A) Overseeing staffing patterns to ensure the supervision
and the provision of child-care services that meet the needs of children
in care;
(B) Ensuring the provision of planned but flexible
program activities designed to meet the developmental needs of children;
(C) Having a system in place to ensure an employee
is available to handle emergencies;
(D) Assigning tasks to caregivers that do not conflict
or interfere with caregiver responsibilities;
(E) Administering and managing the operation according
to your policies;
(F) Ensuring that the operation complies with applicable
rules of this chapter, Chapter 42 of the Human Resources Code, Chapter
745 of this title (relating to Licensing), and other applicable laws;
(G) Ensuring a child in care is not assigned, utilized,
or allowed to act as a caregiver; and
(H) Ensuring persons whose behavior or health status
is known to present a danger to children are not allowed at the operation.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §748.535 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7497; amended to be effective January 1, 2017; 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 |
