SECTION 747.303. What other situations require notification to Licensing?

(a) You must notify us as soon as possible, but no later than two days after:

(1) Any occurrence that renders all or part of your child-care home unsafe or unsanitary for a child;

(2) Injury to a child in your care that requires medical treatment by a health-care professional or hospitalization;

(3) A child in your care shows signs or symptoms of an illness that requires hospitalization;

(4) You become aware that a household member, caregiver, or child in care contracts an illness deemed notifiable by the Texas Department of State Health Services as specified in 25 TAC Chapter 97, Subchapter A (relating to Control of Communicable Disease);

(5) A person for whom you are required to request a background check under Chapter 745, Subchapter F of this title (relating to Background Checks) is arrested or charged with a crime;

(6) The occurrence of any other non-routine situation that places, or may place, a child at risk for injury or harm, such as forgetting a child in a vehicle or not preventing a child from wandering away from your child-care home unsupervised; and

(7) A new individual becomes a controlling person at your operation, or an individual that was previously a controlling person ceases to be a controlling person at your operation.

(b) You must notify us immediately if a child dies while in your care.

Source Note: The provisions of this §747.303 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1462; amended to be effective December 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 10266; amended to be effective March 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 935; amended to be effective December 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 9140; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective April 25, 2021, 46 TexReg 2449; amended to be effective March 1, 2023, 48 TexReg 950