SECTION 749.2599. Can a child serve as a babysitter?

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A child who is 16 years old or older, including a foster child, may serve as a babysitter for children under the age of 13 as long as:
(1) The child placement management staff approves the child to babysit and establishes limits with duration and frequency;
(2) The child acts as a babysitter for no more than eight hours and never over night;
(3) The child is certified in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); and
(4) Neither the child babysitting nor any of the foster children in the babysitter's care is receiving treatment services.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.2599 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7522; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9944; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909

                    
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