Texas Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
TITLE 26. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
PART 1. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION |
CHAPTER 746. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-CARE CENTERS |
SUBCHAPTER S. SAFETY PRACTICES |
DIVISION 3. ANIMALS AT THE CHILD-CARE CENTER |
SECTION 746.3905. Must I prevent children from having contact with certain animals while at my child-care center?
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(a) Yes. Children must not have contact with chickens, ducks, and reptiles, such as snakes, turtles, lizards, iguanas, and amphibians, such as frogs and toads. (b) You must keep the child-care center and playground free of animals unfamiliar to you. (c) You must not allow children to play with animals unfamiliar to you or other animals that could be dangerous, including exotic animals such as monkeys. Source Note: The provisions of this §746.3905 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1402; amended to be effective December 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 10238; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909