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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 744 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL-AGE AND BEFORE OR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS
SUBCHAPTER K - HEALTH PRACTICES
SECTION/RULE §744.2575 - How must caregivers respond when a child becomes ill?
Chapter Review Date 03/27/2024

(a) If a child becomes ill while in your care but does not require immediate treatment by a health-care professional or hospitalization, you must:(1) Contact the parent to pick up the child;(2) Care for the child apart from other children;(3) Give appropriate attention and supervision until the parent picks the child up; and(4) Give extra attention to hand washing and sanitation if the child has diarrhea or vomiting.(b) If a child becomes ill while in your care and requires immediate treatment by a health-care professional or hospitalization, you must:(1) Contact emergency medical services (or take the child to the nearest emergency room after you have ensured the supervision of other children in the group);(2) Give the child first-aid treatment or CPR when needed;(3) Contact the child's parent;(4) Contact the physician or other health-care professional identified in the child's record; and(5) Ensure the supervision of other children in the group.

Source Note: The provisions of this §744.2575 adopted to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7469; 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 2435.

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