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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 746 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-CARE CENTERS
SUBCHAPTER E - CHILD/CAREGIVER RATIOS AND GROUP SIZES
SECTION/RULE §746.1801 - Do I need additional caregivers when I take children away from the child-care center for field trips or walks?
Chapter Review Date 04/04/2024

(a) When children are on a field trip and are mixing with children and adults who are not from your child-care center, such as during trips to the skating rink, shopping center, public or amusement park, you must meet the following child/caregiver ratio: Attached Graphic(b) The child/caregiver ratio for a field trip to a location where children mix with non-center children and adults may include adult volunteers or child-care center employees who do not meet the minimum qualifications for caregivers specified in Subchapter D of this chapter (relating to Personnel) if you maintain at least the classroom child/caregiver ratio required in the following, as applicable:(1) Division 2 of this subchapter (relating to Classroom Ratios and Group Sizes for Centers Licensed to Care for 13 or More Children); or(2) Division 3 of this subchapter (relating to Classroom Ratios and Group Sizes for Centers When 12 or Fewer Children are in Care).(c) When children are on a walk or field trip in an enclosed, controlled area, such as specially arranged trips for children in your child-care center only to a fire station, library, or museum, you must maintain at least the classroom child/caregiver ratio. Refer to §746.2101 of this subchapter (relating to Must I have additional caregivers for wading activities?) and §746.2105 of this subchapter (relating to What are the child/caregiver ratios for swimming activities?) for child/caregiver ratios for wading and swimming activities when children are not mixing with other children and adults.

Source Note: The provisions of this §746.1801 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1402; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective September 26, 2024, 49 TexReg 7354.

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