(a) When children are on a field trip and are mixing
with children and adults who are not from your child-care home, including
but not limited to, trips to the skating rink, shopping, public park,
or amusement park, you must meet the following child/caregiver ratio:
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(b) The child/caregiver ratio for field trips may include
adult volunteers or household members who are not qualified as caregivers
only for trips when children are mixing with children and adults who
are not from your child-care home, as long as you maintain at least
the regular ratio for your registered or licensed child-care home,
as applicable, with qualified caregivers.
(c) You must maintain the regular child/caregiver
ratio specified in this subchapter for registered and licensed child-care
homes, as applicable, when children are on a field trip in an enclosed
controlled area, including but not limited to, events planned only
for your group such as library story time, tours of the fire department,
or on a walk in the neighborhood.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §747.1901 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1462; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909 |