Texas Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
TITLE 26. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
PART 1. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION |
CHAPTER 749. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES |
SUBCHAPTER O. FOSTER HOMES: HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, ENVIRONMENT, SPACE AND EQUIPMENT |
DIVISION 7. SWIMMING POOLS, BODIES OF WATER, SAFETY |
SECTION 749.3139. May I include volunteers or relatives who do not meet minimum qualifications for caregivers in the swimming child/adult ratio?
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To meet the swimming child/adult ratio, you may include adult volunteers and adult relatives who do not meet the minimum qualifications for caregivers, providing:
(1) You maintain enough caregivers to meet the child/caregiver ratio required in Subchapter M, Division 5 of this chapter (relating to Capacity and Child/Caregiver Ratio); (2) Persons in your care do not supervise swimming activities; and (3) You ensure compliance with all other rules of this chapter, including, but not limited to, rules relating to supervision and discipline. Source Note: The provisions of this §749.3139 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