SECTION 747.2901. May I take children away from my child-care home for field trips?

(a) Yes. You must ensure the children's safety on field trips and excursions and during any transportation provided by the child-care home. Anytime you take a child on a field trip, you must comply with each of the following requirements:

(1) You must have signed permission from the parent to take a child away from your child-care home, including permission to transport the child, if applicable;

(2) You must carry emergency medical consent forms and emergency contact information for each child on the field trip;

(3) You must have a written list of all children on the field trip and must check the list frequently to account for the presence of all children on the field trip;

(4) You must have a first-aid kit immediately available on all field trips;

(5) You must have a copy of a child's food allergy emergency plan and allergy medications, if applicable;

(6) Each child must wear a shirt, name tag, or other identification listing the name and telephone number of the child-care home;

(7) Each caregiver must be easily identifiable by all children on the field trip, by wearing a hat, specialized tee-shirt, brightly colored clothes, or other easily spotted identification;

(8) Each caregiver supervising a field trip must have transportation available, a communication device such as a cellular phone or two-way radio available, or an alternate plan for transportation at the field trip location in case of emergency; and

(9) You must ensure that a caregiver with current training in pediatric first aid and pediatric CPR is present on the field trip.

(b) A walk around the caregiver's neighborhood must comply only with paragraphs (2), (5) and (9) of subsection (a) of this section.

Source Note: The provisions of this §747.2901 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1462; amended to be effective September 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 6250; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective October 8, 2018, 43 TexReg 6654