SECTION 748.4651. What are the pre-service experience requirements for a caregiver?

(a) Before you may assign a caregiver to be the only caregiver responsible for a child in care, the caregiver must have a minimum of 40 hours of supervised child-care experience in:

(1) Your operation;

(2) Another general residential operation, in which treatment services for children with an emotional disorder or trafficking victim services are provided to 25 or more children or 30% or more of the operation's children; or

(3) A child-placing agency, in which treatment services for children with an emotional disorder or trafficking victim services are provided to 30 or more children or 50% or more of the agency's children;

(b) Until a caregiver has the minimum amount of supervised child-care experience as specified in subsection (a) of this section, the caregiver must be supervised at all times by another caregiver who has already satisfied the minimum caregiver qualifications described in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) The supervised child-care experience must be documented in the appropriate personnel record.

Source Note: The provisions of this §748.4651 adopted to be effective December 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 9052; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909