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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 N - FIELD TRIPS
SECTION/RULE §746.3001 - May I take children away from my child-care center for field trips?
Chapter Review Date 04/04/2024

Yes. You must ensure the safety of all children on field trips or excursions and during any transportation provided by the child-care center. Anytime you take a child on a field trip, you must comply with each of the following requirements:(1) You must have signed permission from the parent to take a child on a field trip, including permission to transport the child, if applicable;(2) One or more caregivers must carry emergency medical consent forms and emergency contact information for each child on the field trip;(3) Caregivers must have a written list of all children on the field trip and must check the list frequently to account for the presence of all children;(4) Caregivers must have a first-aid kit immediately available on field trips;(5) Caregivers must have a copy of a child's food allergy emergency plan and allergy medications, if applicable;(6) Each child must wear a shirt, nametag, or other identification listing the name of the child-care center and the child-care center's telephone number;(7) Each caregiver must be easily identifiable by all children on the field trip by wearing a hat, child-care center tee-shirt, brightly-colored clothes, or other easily spotted identification;(8) Each caregiver supervising a field trip must have transportation available, a communication device such as a cellular phone or two-way radio available, or an alternate plan for transportation at the field-trip location in case of emergency; and(9) One or more caregivers per group of children must have current training in pediatric first aid and pediatric CPR.

Source Note: The provisions of this §746.3001 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1402; amended to be effective September 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 6240; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective October 8, 2018, 43 TexReg 6649.

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