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 1. HEALTH AND SAFETY |
§ 749.2901. What health and safety regulations must each foster home meet in addition to Licensing rules? |
§ 749.2902. What health and safety measures are required at a foster home? |
§ 749.2903. What fire safety measures are required at a foster family home not serving children receiving treatment services for primary medical needs? |
§ 749.2904. What fire safety measures are required at a foster family home serving children receiving treatment services for primary medical needs? |
§ 749.2905. How often must fire and health inspections be conducted at a foster home? |
§ 749.2907. What disaster and emergency plans must each foster home have? |
§ 749.2908. How must a foster home practice disaster and emergency plans? |
§ 749.2909. How many smoke detectors must a foster home have? |
§ 749.2911. How must smoke detectors be installed and maintained at a foster home? |
§ 749.2913. How many fire extinguishers must a foster home have? |
§ 749.2915. Where must a foster home store dangerous tools and equipment? |
§ 749.2917. What are the requirements for animals that are present at a foster home? |
DIVISION 2. TOBACCO AND E-CIGARETTE USE |
§ 749.2931. What policies must I enforce regarding tobacco products and e-cigarettes? |
DIVISION 3. WEAPONS, FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS, AND PROJECTILES |
§ 749.2961. Are weapons, firearms, explosive materials, and projectiles permitted in a foster home? |
§ 749.2963. What factors must I consider when determining whether weapons, firearms, explosive materials, or projectiles are stored adequately? |
§ 749.2965. How must I determine whether weapons, firearms, explosive materials, or projectiles are present in a foster home? |
§ 749.2967. May a caregiver transport a child in a vehicle where firearms, other weapons, explosive materials, or projectiles are present? |
DIVISION 4. SPACE AND EQUIPMENT |
§ 749.3021. How much space must bedrooms used by foster children have? |
§ 749.3023. Which rooms in the home may not be used as bedrooms? |
§ 749.3025. May an adult in care share a bedroom with a child in care? |
§ 749.3027. May a child in care share a bedroom with an adult caregiver in the foster home? |
§ 749.3029. May children of opposite genders share a bedroom? |
§ 749.3031. What are the requirements for beds and bedding? |
§ 749.3033. What type of personal storage space must a foster child have? |
§ 749.3035. What bathroom accommodations must a home have? |
§ 749.3037. What are the requirements for indoor space that children can use? |
§ 749.3039. What are the requirements for outdoor recreation equipment? |
§ 749.3041. What are the requirements for a foster home's physical environment? |
§ 749.3043. When is a product considered unsafe and what are a caregiver's responsibilities regarding unsafe products in a foster home? |
DIVISION 5. NUTRITION AND FOOD PREPARATION |
§ 749.3061. What are the requirements for feeding children in care? |
§ 749.3063. What types of food and water must caregivers provide children? |
§ 749.3065. What must the caregiver do if a child refuses to or cannot eat a meal or snack that is offered? |
§ 749.3067. May a caregiver use food as a reward or punishment or as part of any behavior management program? |
§ 749.3069. May caregivers offer a child in care different food choices than what the family is eating? |
§ 749.3071. What must I do if a child requires a therapeutic or special diet? |
§ 749.3073. What are the nutrition requirements for a child with primary medical needs? |
§ 749.3075. What are the feeding requirements for children receiving treatment services for primary medical needs or intellectual disabilities? |
§ 749.3077. What are the requirements for tube-feeding formula? |
§ 749.3079. What are the requirements for storing food? |
§ 749.3081. How must kitchen, dining areas, supplies, and equipment be maintained? |
DIVISION 6. TRANSPORTATION |
§ 749.3101. What are the requirements for the vehicles used to transport foster children? |
§ 749.3103. What are the requirements for transporting foster children? |
§ 749.3105. May children transport other foster children? |
§ 749.3107. May caregivers teach or supervise foster children in learning to drive? |
§ 749.3109. What are the special requirements for transporting a child who requires increased supervision or is non-ambulatory or non-mobile? |
§ 749.3111. Do the seat belt requirements prohibit transporting children in the bed of a pick-up truck or other parts of the vehicle on the foster parents' property or public roads? |
DIVISION 7. SWIMMING POOLS, BODIES OF WATER, SAFETY |
§ 749.3131. Who is responsible for complying with the requirements in this subchapter? |
§ 749.3133. What are the requirements for a swimming pool at a foster home? |
§ 749.3135. What general requirements must caregivers meet for children regarding a body of water? |
§ 749.3137. What are the child/adult ratios for swimming activities? |
§ 749.3139. May I include volunteers or relatives who do not meet minimum qualifications for caregivers in the swimming child/adult ratio? |
§ 749.3141. When must a child wear a life jacket? |
§ 749.3143. Must persons who are counted in the swimming child/adult ratio know how to swim and carry out a water rescue? |
§ 749.3145. What are the safety requirements for wading pools? |
§ 749.3147. What are the requirements for a hot tub? |
§ 749.3149. What must I document regarding a body of water that is on or adjacent and accessible to the premises of a foster home? |
§ 749.3151. Can foster parents approve a child to participate in swimming activities as an unsupervised childhood activity without complying with the rules of this division? |