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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 L - SAFETY PRACTICES
SECTION/RULE §744.2803 - How do my employees verify the identity of a parent or a person a parent has designated to pick up the child?
Chapter Review Date 03/27/2024

(a) You must develop operation policies for the release of children, including a plan to verify the identity of a person authorized to pick up a child but whom the caregiver does not know. If your operation transports children, the plan must include verifying the identity of a person to whom you release a child from an operation transportation vehicle.(b) Your policies must include a reasonable means to record the identity of the individual, such as a copy of valid photo identification, an instant photograph of the individual, or recording the driver's license number and car license plate numbers. You must retain this information in the child's records for at least three months.(c) You must instruct all employees in the operation's policies for the release of children, including the verification plan.

Source Note: The provisions of this §744.2803 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.

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