SECTION 746.3401. Must my child-care center have an annual sanitation inspection?

(a) Your child-care center must have a sanitation inspection before we issue your initial permit and at least once every 12 months, unless your child-care center is located in a public school facility operated by the local independent school district.

(b) If an inspection is required, a local sanitation official must conduct the inspection.

(c) If an inspection is not available from a local sanitation official, you must:

(1) Obtain documentation from a local sanitation official or county judge stating that an inspection is not available; and

(2) Maintain this documentation at the center and make it available to us upon request.

Source Note: The provisions of this §746.3401 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1402; amended to be effective July 1, 2005, 30 TexReg 3598; amended to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 9351; amended to be effective December 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 10238; amended to be effective June 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 3720; 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