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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 |
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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? |