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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 747MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-CARE HOMES
SUBCHAPTER RHEALTH PRACTICES
DIVISION 1ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
RULE §747.3211When must caregivers wash their hands?

Caregivers must wash their hands:

  (1) Before eating or handling food or medication;

  (2) Before feeding a child;

  (3) After arriving at the child-care home;

  (4) After diapering a child;

  (5) After assisting a child with toileting;

  (6) After personal toileting;

  (7) After handling or cleaning bodily fluids, such as after tending sores and wiping noses, mouths, or bottoms;

  (8) After handling or feeding animals;

  (9) After outdoor activities;

  (10) After handling raw food products;

  (11) After eating, drinking, or smoking;

  (12) After using any cleaners or toxic chemicals; and

  (13) After removing gloves.


Source Note: The provisions of this §747.3211 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1462; 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

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