SECTION 746.3415. When must employees wash their hands?

Employees must wash their hands:

(1) Before eating or handling food or medication;

(2) Before feeding a child;

(3) After arriving at the child-care center;

(4) After diapering a child;

(5) After assisting a child with toileting;

(6) After personal toileting;

(7) After handling or cleaning bodily fluids, such as after wiping noses, mouths, or bottoms, and tending sores;

(8) After handling or feeding animals;

(9) After outdoor activities;

(10) After handling raw food products;

(11) After eating, drinking, or smoking;

(12) After using any cleaners or toxic chemicals; and

(13) After removing gloves.

Source Note: The provisions of this §746.3415 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