SECTION 746.2427. How must I position an infant for sleep?  


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  • (a) You must place an infant in a face-up sleeping position in the infant's own crib, unless you have a completed Sleep Exception Form that includes a signed statement from a health-care professional stating that a different sleeping position for the child is medically necessary.

    (b) An infant who is developmentally able to roll from back to stomach and stomach to back may do so independently after you have placed the infant in a face-up position for sleep.

Source Note: The provisions of this §746.2427 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1402; amended to be effective April 15, 2017, 42 TexReg 1575; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective March 1, 2023, 48 TexReg 933