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Texas Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
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TITLE 26. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
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PART 1. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION |
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CHAPTER 746. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-CARE CENTERS |
| SUBCHAPTER A. PURPOSE, SCOPE, AND DEFINITIONS |
| DIVISION 1. PURPOSE |
| § 746.101. What is the purpose of this chapter? |
| DIVISION 2. SCOPE |
| § 746.111. What types of operations do these minimum standards apply to? |
| § 746.113. Who is responsible for complying with these minimum standards? |
| DIVISION 3. DEFINITIONS |
| § 746.121. What do certain pronouns mean when used in this chapter? |
| § 746.123. What do certain words and terms mean when used in this chapter? |
| SUBCHAPTER B. ADMINISTRATION AND COMMUNICATION |
| DIVISION 1. PERMIT HOLDER RESPONSIBILITIES |
| § 746.201. What are my responsibilities as the permit holder? |
| § 746.203. What are the liability insurance requirements? |
| § 746.205. What are acceptable reasons not to have liability insurance? |
| § 746.207. When must I notify parents that I do not carry liability insurance? |
| DIVISION 2. REQUIRED NOTIFICATION |
| § 746.301. What changes regarding my child-care center must I notify Licensing about before making the change? |
| § 746.303. What changes must I notify Licensing of regarding the child-care center's designee, governing body, director, and employees? |
| § 746.305. What other situations require notification to Licensing? |
| § 746.307. What emergency or medical situations must I notify parents about? |
| § 746.309. What are the notification requirements when Licensing finds my center deficient in a standard related to safe sleeping or the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a child? |
| § 746.311. How must I notify parents of a safe sleeping deficiency or an abuse, neglect, or exploitation deficiency? |
| DIVISION 3. REQUIRED POSTINGS |
| § 746.401. What items must I post at my child-care center at all times? |
| § 746.403. When and where must these items be posted? |
| § 746.405. What telephone numbers must I post and where must I post them? |
| DIVISION 4. OPERATIONAL POLICIES |
| § 746.501. What written operational policies must I have? |
| § 746.503. Must I provide parents with a copy of my operational policies? |
| § 746.505. What must I do when I change an operational policy or an item in the child-care enrollment agreement? |
| SUBCHAPTER C. RECORD KEEPING |
| DIVISION 1. RECORDS OF CHILDREN |
| § 746.601. Who has the right to access children's records? |
| § 746.603. What records must I have for children in my care and how long must I keep them? |
| § 746.605. What admission information must I obtain for each child? |
| § 746.607. Must the child's parent sign the admission information? |
| § 746.609. Must I update the admission information? |
| § 746.611. Must I have a health statement for children in my care? |
| § 746.613. What immunizations must a child in my care have? |
| § 746.615. What exemptions or exceptions are there concerning immunization requirements? |
| § 746.623. What documentation is acceptable for an immunization record? |
| § 746.627. Must children in my care have a tuberculosis (TB) examination? |
| § 746.629. Must children in my care have vision and hearing screening? |
| § 746.631. Must I have a system for signing children in and out of my care? |
| DIVISION 2. RECORDS OF ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS |
| § 746.701. What written records must I keep of accidents and incidents that occur at my child-care center? |
| § 746.705. Must someone from my child-care center sign the Incident/Illness Report form? |
| § 746.707. Must I share a copy of the Incident/Illness Report form with the child's parent? |
| § 746.709. Where must I file the Incident/Illness Report form and how long must I keep it? |
| DIVISION 3. RECORDS THAT MUST BE KEPT ON FILE AT THE CHILD-CARE CENTER |
| § 746.801. What records must I keep at my child-care center? |
| § 746.803. How long must I keep records at my child-care center? |
| § 746.805. May I keep electronic records or a combination of paper and electronic records? |
| DIVISION 4. PERSONNEL RECORDS |
| § 746.901. What information must I maintain in my personnel records? |
| § 746.907. How long and where must I keep the required personnel records? |
| § 746.909. May Licensing access my personnel records? |
| SUBCHAPTER D. PERSONNEL |
| DIVISION 1. CHILD-CARE CENTER DIRECTOR |
| § 746.1001. Who is the child-care center director? |
| § 746.1003. What are the director's responsibilities while at the child-care center? |
| § 746.1005. If I have multiple operations, must I designate a separate director for each operation? |
| § 746.1007. May I be the director of my own child-care center? |
| § 746.1009. May I have more than one director for my child-care center? |
| § 746.1011. Must my director be at my child-care center during all hours of operation? |
| § 746.1013. Must someone else be designated to be in charge of my child-care center in my director's absence? |
| § 746.1015. What qualifications must the director of my child-care center licensed for 13 or more children meet? |
| § 746.1017. What qualifications must the director of my child-care center licensed for 12 or fewer children meet? |
| § 746.1021. What constitutes experience in a licensed child-care center, or in a licensed or registered child-care home? |
| § 746.1023. May other types of experience be substituted for the required experience in a licensed child-care center, or in a licensed or registered child-care home? |
| § 746.1025. Can Licensing verify whether someone has sufficient experience in a licensed child-care center, or in a licensed or registered child-care home? |
| § 746.1027. What credit courses does Licensing recognize as child development? |
| § 746.1029. What credit courses does Licensing recognize as management? |
| § 746.1031. What documentation must I provide to show that my director meets the child development and management education qualifications? |
| § 746.1037. May clock hours or CEUs (continuing education units) be substituted for any of the educational requirements in this division? |
| § 746.1039. What additional documentation must I submit to Licensing to show my child-care center director is qualified and when must I submit it? |
| § 746.1045. Does education received outside of the United States substitute for the education requirements for a child-care director? |
| § 746.1047. Will Licensing keep the original training certificates and college transcripts I submit to obtain a Licensing director's certificate? |
| § 746.1049. What happens if Licensing determines that my child-care center director does not meet minimum standard qualifications? |
| § 746.1051. Will my director receive a certificate verifying that director qualifications have been met? |
| § 746.1053. Will the director's certificate expire? |
| § 746.1055. How often must an expiring certificate be renewed? |
| § 746.1057. What happens if my Child-Care Center Director's Certificate expires? |
| § 746.1059. If I hire someone who was qualified as a director at another licensed child-care center in Texas, must I resubmit all of the information to Licensing staff for review? |
| § 746.1061. Does Licensing charge a fee for issuing the director's certificate? |
| § 746.1063. Can my director get a replacement Child-Care Center Director's Certificate? |
| DIVISION 2. CHILD-CARE CENTER EMPLOYEES AND CAREGIVERS |
| § 746.1105. What minimum qualifications must each of my child-care center employees meet? |
| § 746.1107. What additional minimum qualifications must each of my caregivers meet? |
| § 746.1109. When may I employ a person under the age of 18 or a person who does not have a high school diploma or equivalent as a caregiver? |
| § 746.1111. Does education received outside of the United States count toward caregiver qualifications? |
| DIVISION 3. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CHILD-CARE CENTER PERSONNEL |
| § 746.1201. What general responsibilities do my child-care center employees have? |
| § 746.1203. What additional responsibilities do my caregivers have? |
| § 746.1205. What responsibilities does a caregiver have when supervising a child or children? |
| DIVISION 4. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
| § 746.1301. What are the training requirements for employees, caregivers, and directors? |
| § 746.1303. What must orientation for employees at my child-care center include? |
| § 746.1305. What must be covered in pre-service training for caregivers? |
| § 746.1307. Are any caregivers exempt from the pre-service training? |
| § 746.1309. What areas of training must the annual training for caregivers cover? |
| § 746.1311. What areas of training must the annual training for my child-care center director cover? |
| § 746.1313. When must annual training for my caregivers and director be obtained? |
| § 746.1315. Who must have pediatric first-aid and pediatric CPR training? |
| § 746.1316. What additional training must an employee and director have if the operation transports children? |
| § 746.1317. Must the training for my caregivers and the director meet certain criteria? |
| § 746.1319. Does Licensing approve training resources or trainers for training hours? |
| § 746.1323. If I hire a caregiver or a director that received training at another operation, may these hours count towards the annual training requirement at my center? |
| § 746.1329. What documentation must I provide to Licensing to verify that employees have met training requirements? |
| DIVISION 5. SUBSTITUTES, VOLUNTEERS, AND CONTRACTORS |
| § 746.1401. What minimum standards must substitutes, volunteers, or contractors comply with? |
| § 746.1403. What are the training requirements for substitutes, volunteers, and contractors? |
| § 746.1405. When is a substitute, volunteer, or contractor exempt from the pre-service training? |
| SUBCHAPTER E. CHILD/CAREGIVER RATIOS AND GROUP SIZES |
| DIVISION 1. RATIOS AND GROUP SIZES AT THE CHILD-CARE CENTER |
| § 746.1501. What is child/caregiver ratio? |
| § 746.1503. What is considered a group? |
| § 746.1505. May I place more than one group of children in a large room? |
| § 746.1507. How do I determine the child/caregiver ratio? |
| DIVISION 2. CLASSROOM RATIOS AND GROUP SIZES FOR CENTERS LICENSED TO CARE FOR 13 OR MORE CHILDREN |
| § 746.1601. How many children may one caregiver supervise? |
| § 746.1603. How do I determine the specified age of the children in each group? |
| § 746.1605. When may I combine infants with children 18 months and older? |
| § 746.1607. If I have two caregivers with each group, may I double the number of children one caregiver may supervise? |
| § 746.1609. What is the maximum group size? |
| § 746.1611. Are there times when I may mix groups of children and exceed the maximum group size? |
| § 746.1613. If 13 or more children are in care, may I reduce the number of caregivers supervising children during naptime? |
| § 746.1615. May I adjust the child/caregiver ratio when I am opening and closing my child-care center? |
| DIVISION 3. CLASSROOM RATIOS AND GROUP SIZES FOR CENTERS WHEN 12 OR FEWER CHILDREN ARE IN CARE |
| § 746.1701. How many children may one caregiver supervise if 12 or fewer children are in care? |
| § 746.1703. If I have 12 or fewer children in care, may I combine infants with children 18 months and older? |
| § 746.1705. If I have two caregivers with each group, may I double the number of children one caregiver may supervise? |
| § 746.1707. What is the maximum group size if I have more than two caregivers supervising the children? |
| § 746.1709. May I adjust the child/caregiver ratio when I am opening and closing my child-care center? |
| DIVISION 4. RATIOS FOR FIELD TRIPS |
| § 746.1801. Do I need additional caregivers when I take children away from the child-care center for field trips or walks? |
| § 746.1805. If I provide transportation, how many caregivers must I have in the vehicle to supervise the children? |
| DIVISION 5. RATIOS FOR THE GET-WELL CARE PROGRAM |
| § 746.1901. If I operate a get-well care program, must I use a different child/caregiver ratio? |
| § 746.1903. What is the child/caregiver ratio if I have more than two caregivers supervising the children in the get-well care program? |
| § 746.1905. May I combine infants with children 18 months and older in my get-well care program? |
| DIVISION 6. RATIOS FOR NIGHTTIME CARE |
| § 746.2001. Must I have additional caregivers during nighttime care? |
| DIVISION 7. RATIOS FOR WATER ACTIVITIES |
| § 746.2101. Must I have additional caregivers for splashing/wading activities? |
| § 746.2103. Will I be given an opportunity to comply with the minimum standards for splashing/wading activities, if my child-care center was licensed before September 1, 2003? |
| § 746.2105. What are the child/caregiver ratios for swimming activities? |
| § 746.2109. Must a certified lifeguard be on duty when children are swimming in more than two feet of water? |
| § 746.2111. May I count the certified lifeguard in the child/caregiver ratio? |
| § 746.2113. Must persons who are counted in the child/caregiver ratio during swimming know how to swim? |
| § 746.2115. May I include volunteers or child-care employees who do not meet minimum qualifications for caregivers in the child/caregiver ratio for water activities? |
| § 746.2117. Must I have additional caregivers for sprinkler play? |
| SUBCHAPTER F. DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVITY PLAN |
| § 746.2201. What must caregivers consider when providing planned activities for the children in their care? |
| § 746.2202. What are my responsibilities when planning activities for a child in care with special care needs? |
| § 746.2203. What written activity plans must caregivers follow? |
| § 746.2205. What must a written activity plan include? |
| § 746.2206. What specific activities must I include in a written activity plan? |
| § 746.2207. May I use a screen time activity with a child? |
| § 746.2209. Must I post the activity plan? |
| § 746.2211. How long must I keep the activity plan? |
| SUBCHAPTER H. BASIC CARE REQUIREMENTS FOR INFANTS |
| § 746.2401. What are the basic care requirements for infants? |
| § 746.2403. How must I arrange the infant care area? |
| § 746.2405. What furnishings and equipment must I have in the infant care area? |
| § 746.2407. Must the equipment I use for infants be equipped with safety straps? |
| § 746.2409. What specific safety requirements must my cribs meet? |
| § 746.2411. Are play yards allowed? |
| § 746.2413. Are stacking wall cribs allowed? |
| § 746.2415. What specific types of equipment am I prohibited from using with infants? |
| § 746.2417. What activities must I provide for an infant? |
| § 746.2419. Are there specific requirements for feeding infants? |
| § 746.2421. What written feeding instructions must I obtain for an infant not ready for table food? |
| § 746.2423. Must I provide a regularly scheduled naptime for infants? |
| § 746.2424. Where must an infant sleep? |
| § 746.2425. How long are infants allowed to remain in their cribs after awakening? |
| § 746.2426. May I allow infants to sleep in a restrictive device? |
| § 746.2427. How must I position an infant for sleep? |
| § 746.2428. May I swaddle an infant to help the infant sleep? |
| § 746.2429. If an infant has difficulty falling asleep, may I cover the infant's head or crib? |
| § 746.2431. Must I share a daily report with parents for each infant in my care? |
| SUBCHAPTER I. BASIC CARE REQUIREMENTS FOR TODDLERS |
| § 746.2501. What are the basic care requirements for toddlers? |
| § 746.2503. How must I arrange the toddler care area? |
| § 746.2505. What furnishings and equipment must I provide for toddlers? |
| § 746.2507. What activities must I provide for a toddler? |
| § 746.2509. Must I share a daily report with parents for each toddler in my care? |
| SUBCHAPTER J. BASIC CARE REQUIREMENTS FOR PRE-KINDERGARTEN AGE CHILDREN |
| § 746.2601. What are the basic requirements for pre-kindergarten age children? |
| § 746.2603. What physical space requirements must I provide for pre-kindergarten age children? |
| § 746.2605. What furnishings and equipment must I provide for pre-kindergarten age children? |
| § 746.2607. What activities must I provide for a pre-kindergarten age child? |
| SUBCHAPTER K. BASIC CARE REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN |
| § 746.2701. What are the basic care requirements for school-age children? |
| § 746.2703. What physical space requirements must I provide for the school-age care area? |
| § 746.2705. What furnishings and equipment must I provide for school-age children? |
| § 746.2707. What activities must I provide for a school-age child? |
| SUBCHAPTER L. DISCIPLINE AND GUIDANCE |
| § 746.2803. What methods of discipline and guidance may a caregiver use? |
| § 746.2805. What types of discipline and guidance or punishment are prohibited? |
| § 746.2807. May my employees discipline their own children who are in care at my center? |
| SUBCHAPTER M. NAPTIME |
| § 746.2901. Must children have a naptime every day? |
| § 746.2903. How long may the nap and rest time last each day? |
| § 746.2905. Are children required to sleep during this time? |
| § 746.2907. Must I provide an alternative activity for those children who cannot sleep? |
| § 746.2909. Must I arrange the napping equipment in a specific manner? |
| § 746.2911. May I lower the lighting in the room while children are sleeping? |
| SUBCHAPTER N. FIELD TRIPS |
| § 746.3001. May I take children away from my child-care center for field trips? |
| § 746.3003. Must I notify parents before I take children away from the child-care center on a field trip? |
| SUBCHAPTER O. GET-WELL CARE PROGRAMS |
| § 746.3101. May I care for children who are ill? |
| § 746.3103. Which children may be included in the get-well care program? |
| § 746.3105. What must I do before I admit a child to my get-well care program? |
| § 746.3107. When must I remove a child from my get-well care program? |
| § 746.3109. Are the parents of children in the get-well care program required to provide a doctor's statement before I may admit the child? |
| § 746.3111. Must I care for children in the get-well care program in an area separate from the well children in care? |
| § 746.3113. What extra safety features must I have in my get-well care program? |
| § 746.3115. May caregivers working with the get-well care program also work with other children in the child-care center? |
| § 746.3117. Do caregivers in my get-well care program require special training? |
| § 746.3119. May the director of my well child-care program also direct my get-well care program? |
| § 746.3121. Must I provide activities for children in the get-well care program? |
| § 746.3123. Must my get-well care program follow any special handling procedures? |
| SUBCHAPTER P. NIGHTTIME CARE |
| § 746.3201. What is nighttime care? |
| § 746.3203. May I provide nighttime care to children at my child-care center? |
| § 746.3205. Must caregivers stay awake while supervising children during nighttime care? |
| § 746.3207. What are the building, furnishings, physical space, and equipment requirements for nighttime care? |
| § 746.3209. Must I provide activities for children in nighttime care? |
| SUBCHAPTER Q. NUTRITION AND FOOD SERVICE |
| § 746.3301. What are the basic requirements for meal and snack times? |
| § 746.3303. How often must I feed a child in my care? |
| § 746.3309. May parents provide meals and snacks for their child instead of my child-care center providing them? |
| § 746.3311. What are the requirements for a child who requires a special diet or does not want to eat foods that the center serves? |
| § 746.3313. Can I make substitutions and/or rotate the daily menus? |
| § 746.3317. What general requirements apply to food service and preparation? |
| § 746.3319. Must I serve meals family style? |
| § 746.3321. Are children allowed to use toothbrushes after meal and snack times? |
| SUBCHAPTER R. HEALTH PRACTICES |
| DIVISION 1. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH |
| § 746.3401. Must my child-care center have an annual sanitation inspection? |
| § 746.3403. How do I document that a sanitation inspection has been completed? |
| § 746.3405. Do I have to make corrections called for in the report? |
| § 746.3407. What steps must I take to ensure a healthy environment for children at my child-care center? |
| § 746.3413. May I use a dishwasher or washing machine to sanitize items at my child-care center? |
| § 746.3415. When must employees wash their hands? |
| § 746.3417. When must children wash their hands? |
| § 746.3419. How must children and employees wash their hands? |
| § 746.3420. May I use hand sanitizer as a substitute for washing hands? |
| § 746.3421. How must I wash an infant's hands? |
| § 746.3423. Must my child-care center have hot water for hand washing? |
| § 746.3425. Must caregivers wear gloves when handling blood or bodily fluids containing blood? |
| § 746.3427. Must I use a licensed exterminator to treat my child-care center for insects, rodents, and other pests? |
| § 746.3429. Are there general precautions I must take when my child-care center is being treated for insects, rodents, and other pests? |
| § 746.3431. May I use water from a private water supply instead of a public water supply for my child-care center? |
| § 746.3433. May I use a septic system for sewage disposal? |
| DIVISION 2. DIAPER CHANGING |
| § 746.3501. What steps must caregivers follow for diaper changing? |
| § 746.3503. What equipment must I have for diaper changing? |
| § 746.3505. What must I do to prevent the spread of germs when diapering children? |
| DIVISION 3. ILLNESS AND INJURY |
| § 746.3601. What type of illness would prohibit a child from attending the child-care center? |
| § 746.3603. What communicable diseases would exclude a child from attending my child-care center? |
| § 746.3605. How must caregivers respond when a child becomes ill? |
| § 746.3606. When may a child who was ill return to my child-care center? |
| § 746.3607. How must caregivers respond when a child is injured and requires immediate treatment by a health-care professional? |
| § 746.3609. What is a vaccine-preventable disease for the purpose of this division? |
| § 746.3611. What must a policy for protecting children from vaccine-preventable diseases include? |
| SUBCHAPTER S. SAFETY PRACTICES |
| DIVISION 1. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS |
| § 746.3701. What safety precautions must I take to protect children in my child-care center? |
| § 746.3703. How can I ensure the safety of the children from other persons? |
| § 746.3705. Am I required to have a video or audio monitoring system? |
| § 746.3707. Are firearms or other weapons allowed at my child-care center? |
| § 746.3709. May I have toys or other types of equipment that explode or shoot things? |
| DIVISION 2. MEDICATIONS AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE |
| § 746.3801. What does "medication" refer to in this division? |
| § 746.3803. What authorization must I obtain before administering a medication to a child in my care? |
| § 746.3805. How must I administer medication to a child in my care? |
| § 746.3807. How must I store medication that I administer to a child? |
| § 746.3809. How long may I keep the medication that I administer to a child? |
| § 746.3811. Do I have to notify parents if I do not want to administer medications? |
| § 746.3813. What is specialized medical assistance? |
| § 746.3815. What are my requirements regarding specialized medical assistance? |
| § 746.3817. What is a food allergy emergency plan? |
| § 746.3819. When must I have a food allergy emergency plan for a child? |
| DIVISION 3. ANIMALS AT THE CHILD-CARE CENTER |
| § 746.3901. What steps must I take to have animals at my child-care center and/or on field trips? |
| § 746.3903. Must I keep documentation of vaccinations on file for the animals? |
| § 746.3905. Must I prevent children from having contact with certain animals while at my child-care center? |
| DIVISION 4. FIRST-AID KITS |
| § 746.4001. Must I have a first-aid kit at my child-care center? |
| § 746.4003. What items must each first-aid kit contain? |
| DIVISION 5. RELEASE OF CHILDREN |
| § 746.4101. Who may I release children to? |
| § 746.4103. How do my employees verify the identity of a parent or a person a parent has designated to pick up the child? |
| DIVISION 6. PRODUCT SAFETY |
| § 746.4131. What are "children's products?" |
| § 746.4133. When is a children's product considered to be unsafe? |
| § 746.4135. What are my responsibilities regarding unsafe children's products in my child-care center? |
| SUBCHAPTER T. PHYSICAL FACILITIES |
| DIVISION 1. INDOOR SPACE REQUIREMENTS |
| § 746.4201. How many square feet of indoor activity space must I have for children? |
| § 746.4203. Am I required to care for children younger than 18 months separately from older children? |
| § 746.4205. Must I limit the number of children in each room based on the indoor activity space measurements for that room? |
| § 746.4207. Do these indoor activity space requirements apply to my child-care center if it was licensed before September 1, 2003? |
| § 746.4213. How does Licensing determine the indoor activity space? |
| § 746.4215. May other programs use my indoor activity space at the same time I have children in care? |
| § 746.4217. May I care for children above or below ground level? |
| DIVISION 2. OUTDOOR SPACE REQUIREMENTS |
| § 746.4301. How many square feet of outdoor activity space must I have? |
| § 746.4305. Must I fence the outdoor activity space? |
| § 746.4307. How many exits must I have from my fenced outdoor activity space? |
| § 746.4309. May I keep the gates leading into my outdoor activity space locked while children are in care? |
| § 746.4311. Must the outdoor activity space be connected to the child-care center? |
| § 746.4313. Must I comply with additional requirements if my plan to use an outdoor activity space not connected to my child-care center is approved by Licensing? |
| § 746.4315. May other programs use my outdoor activity space at the same time I have children in care? |
| DIVISION 3. TOILETS AND SINKS |
| § 746.4401. How many hand-washing sinks must I have in my child-care center for children's use? |
| § 746.4403. Must I have a hand-washing sink in the diaper-changing area? |
| § 746.4405. Where must I locate the hand-washing sinks for children's use? |
| § 746.4407. How many toilets am I required to have in my child-care center? |
| § 746.4409. Where must the toilets be located? |
| § 746.4411. May I count urinals in the ratio of children to toilets? |
| § 746.4417. May potty-chairs be used? |
| § 746.4419. Do I have to use toilets, sinks and fountains that are child sized? |
| § 746.4421. May the doors to the restroom or toilets have locks on them? |
| § 746.4423. May other programs use the toilets and hand washing sinks counted in my indoor activity space at the same time I have children in care? |
| DIVISION 4. FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT |
| § 746.4501. What type of tables and chairs must I use for the children? |
| § 746.4503. Must I provide a cot or mat for each child to sleep or rest on? |
| § 746.4505. Must I have storage for each child's individual belongings? |
| § 746.4507. Must I have a telephone at my child-care center? |
| § 746.4509. May I have indoor lofts? |
| SUBCHAPTER U. INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVE PLAY SPACE AND EQUIPMENT |
| DIVISION 1. MINIMUM SAFETY REQUIREMENTS |
| § 746.4601. What minimum safety requirements must my active play equipment meet? |
| § 746.4603. Are there some types of equipment that children must not use? |
| § 746.4605. Are there additional equipment restrictions for children younger than five years of age? |
| § 746.4607. What is the maximum height of the highest designated play surface allowed? |
| § 746.4609. What is the maximum height allowed for the highest designated play surface, if my child-care center was licensed before September 1, 2010? |
| DIVISION 2. SWINGS |
| § 746.4701. What are the safety requirements for swings? |
| § 746.4703. Are there additional safety requirements for bucket swings designed for tots? |
| § 746.4705. Are there additional safety requirements for tire swings or other multi-axis swings? |
| DIVISION 3. MAINTENANCE |
| § 746.4751. What special maintenance procedures must I follow for my active play space and equipment? |
| DIVISION 4. USE ZONES |
| § 746.4801. What does Licensing mean by the term "use zone"? |
| § 746.4803. How do I measure the use zone for stationary equipment? |
| § 746.4805. How do I measure the use zone for slides? |
| § 746.4807. How do I measure the use zone for to-fro swings? |
| § 746.4809. How do I measure the use zone for tire swings? |
| § 746.4811. How do I measure the use zone for bucket swings? |
| § 746.4813. How do I measure the use zone for rotating or rocking equipment? |
| § 746.4815. Do the use zone requirements apply to my child-care center if it was licensed before September 1, 2003? |
| DIVISION 5. SURFACING |
| § 746.4901. What type of surfacing must I have under my active play equipment? |
| § 746.4905. What are acceptable loose-fill surfacing materials? |
| § 746.4907. How should outdoor loose-fill surfacing materials be installed? |
| § 746.4909. What are unitary surfacing materials? |
| § 746.4911. How should unitary surfacing materials be installed? |
| § 746.4913. What documentation must I keep at the child-care center if I use unitary surfacing materials? |
| § 746.4915. What additional surfacing requirements must my indoor equipment meet? |
| DIVISION 6. SOFT CONTAINED PLAY EQUIPMENT |
| § 746.4951. What is soft contained play equipment? |
| § 746.4953. Are there additional safety requirements for soft contained play equipment? |
| § 746.4955. How do I measure the use zone for soft contained play equipment? |
| DIVISION 7. INFLATABLES |
| § 746.4971. May I use inflatable active play equipment? |
| SUBCHAPTER V. SWIMMING POOLS, WADING/SPLASHING POOLS, AND SPRINKLER PLAY |
| § 746.5001. What safety precautions must I follow when children in my care use a swimming pool? |
| § 746.5003. How should the swimming pool be built and maintained? |
| § 746.5005. Do the same safety precautions apply for above-ground pools? |
| § 746.5007. Must I have a fence around a swimming pool at my child-care center? |
| § 746.5013. What are the safety requirements for wading pools? |
| § 746.5015. Are there specific safety requirements for sprinkler play? |
| § 746.5017. Can children in my care swim in a body of water other than a swimming pool, such as a lake, pond, or river? |
| SUBCHAPTER W. FIRE SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PRACTICES |
| DIVISION 1. FIRE INSPECTION |
| § 746.5101. Must my child-care center have an annual fire inspection? |
| § 746.5103. How do I document that a fire inspection has been completed? |
| § 746.5105. Must I make all corrections specified in the fire-inspection report? |
| DIVISION 2. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS |
| § 746.5201. What is an emergency preparedness plan? |
| § 746.5202. What must my emergency preparedness plan include? |
| § 746.5204. Who must coordinate the implementation of an emergency preparedness plan? |
| § 746.5205. Must I practice my emergency preparedness plans? |
| § 746.5207. Must I have an emergency evacuation and relocation diagram? |
| § 746.5209. How many exits must my child-care center have? |
| § 746.5211. Must I have emergency lighting in case of an emergency evacuation? |
| DIVISION 3. FIRE EXTINGUISHING AND SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEMS |
| § 746.5301. Must my child-care center have a fire-extinguishing system? |
| § 746.5303. Who must approve my fire-extinguishing system? |
| § 746.5305. Where must I mount fire extinguishers? |
| § 746.5307. How often must I inspect and service the fire extinguisher(s)? |
| § 746.5309. How often must I inspect a sprinkler system? |
| § 746.5311. Must my child-care center have a smoke-detection system? |
| § 746.5313. Who must approve my child-care center's smoke-detection system? |
| § 746.5315. How often must I have an electronic smoke alarm system tested? |
| § 746.5317. How must smoke detectors be installed at my child-care center? |
| § 746.5319. How often must the smoke detectors at my child-care center be tested? |
| DIVISION 4. GAS AND PROPANE TANKS |
| § 746.5401. Must my child-care center be inspected for gas leaks? |
| § 746.5403. Who must conduct the inspection for gas leaks? |
| § 746.5405. How do I document that a gas leak inspection has been completed? |
| § 746.5407. Must I make all corrections specified in the gas inspection report? |
| DIVISION 5. HEATING DEVICES |
| § 746.5501. What steps must I take to ensure that heating devices do not present hazards to children? |
| DIVISION 6. CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTION SYSTEMS |
| § 746.5531. Must my child-care center have a carbon monoxide detection system? |
| § 746.5533. What type of carbon monoxide detection system must I install? |
| § 746.5535. How many carbon monoxide detectors must be installed in my child-care center and how must they be installed? |
| § 746.5537. How often must I inspect and service the carbon monoxide detection system? |
| SUBCHAPTER X. TRANSPORTATION |
| § 746.5601. What types of transportation does Licensing regulate? |
| § 746.5603. What type of vehicle may I use to transport children? |
| § 746.5605. What safety precautions must I take when loading and unloading children from the vehicle? |
| § 746.5607. What child passenger safety seat system must I use when I transport children? |
| § 746.5609. Must caregivers and/or the driver wear a safety belt? |
| § 746.5611. May parents provide the safety seat equipment required for their child? |
| § 746.5613. May I place more than one person in each safety belt? |
| § 746.5615. May a child ride in a safety belt with a shoulder harness? |
| § 746.5617. Must I carry specific equipment in vehicles used to transport children in my care? |
| § 746.5619. Must I have a plan to handle transportation emergencies? |
| § 746.5621. What communication requirements are there for a vehicle used to transport children? |
| § 746.5623. What is an electronic child safety alarm? |
| § 746.5625. When and how must I install and use an electronic child safety alarm in a vehicle? |
| § 746.5627. What documentation must I keep at the child-care center for each vehicle used to transport children in care? |