| (a) When children are on a field trip and are mixing
with children and adults who are not from your child-care center,
such as during trips to the skating rink, shopping center, public
or amusement park, you must meet the following child/caregiver ratio:
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(b) The child/caregiver ratio for a field trip to a
location where children mix with non-center children and adults may
include adult volunteers or child-care center employees who do not
meet the minimum qualifications for caregivers specified in Subchapter
D of this chapter (relating to Personnel) if you maintain at least
the classroom child/caregiver ratio required in the following, as
applicable:
(1) Division 2 of this subchapter (relating to Classroom
Ratios and Group Sizes for Centers Licensed to Care for 13 or More
Children); or
(2) Division 3 of this subchapter (relating to Classroom
Ratios and Group Sizes for Centers When 12 or Fewer Children are in
Care).
(c) When children are on a walk or field trip in an
enclosed, controlled area, such as specially arranged trips for children
in your child-care center only to a fire station, library, or museum,
you must maintain at least the classroom child/caregiver ratio. Refer
to §746.2101 of this subchapter (relating to Must I have additional
caregivers for wading activities?) and §746.2105 of this subchapter
(relating to What are the child/caregiver ratios for swimming activities?)
for child/caregiver ratios for wading and swimming activities when
children are not mixing with other children and adults.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §746.1801 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1402; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective September 26, 2024, 49 TexReg 7354 |
