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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 745 - LICENSING
SUBCHAPTER B - CHILD CARE AND OTHER OPERATIONS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO REGULATION
SECTION/RULE §745.31 - What operations are subject to regulation under this chapter and corresponding minimum standards?
Chapter Review Date 08/26/2024

(a) Child day care and residential child care are subject to regulation under this chapter and corresponding minimum standards, unless Child Care Regulation (CCR) determines the operation is exempt from regulation.(b) Residential child-care operations include:(1) Child-placing agencies that verify foster homes and approve adoptive homes; and(2) General residential operations, which CCR may also certify as a psychiatric residential youth treatment facility (PRYTF) as defined at §745.9051 of this chapter (relating to What do the following words and terms mean when used in this subchapter?).(c) For a PRYTF, CCR regulates the operation's care of young adults 18 to 21 years of age in addition to child care.

Source Note: The provisions of this §745.31 adopted to be effective March 1, 2002, 27 TexReg 965; amended to be effective December 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 9127; transferred effective July 15, 2019, as published in the June 14, 2019 issue of the Texas Register, 44 TexReg 2963; amended to be effective October 15, 2024, 49 TexReg 8158.

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