SECTION 747.1901. Do I need additional caregivers when I take children away from my licensed or registered child-care home for field trips or walks?

(a) When children are on a field trip and are mixing with children and adults who are not from your child-care home, including but not limited to, trips to the skating rink, shopping, public park, or amusement park, you must meet the following child/caregiver ratio:

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(b) The child/caregiver ratio for field trips may include adult volunteers or household members who are not qualified as caregivers only for trips when children are mixing with children and adults who are not from your child-care home, as long as you maintain at least the regular ratio for your registered or licensed child-care home, as applicable, with qualified caregivers.

(c) You must maintain the regular child/caregiver ratio specified in this subchapter for registered and licensed child-care homes, as applicable, when children are on a field trip in an enclosed controlled area, including but not limited to, events planned only for your group such as library story time, tours of the fire department, or on a walk in the neighborhood.

Source Note: The provisions of this §747.1901 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1462; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909