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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 747 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-CARE HOMES
SUBCHAPTER A - PURPOSE, SCOPE, AND DEFINITIONS
SECTION/RULE §747.115 - What is a licensed child-care home?
Chapter Review Date 05/17/2024

(a) In a licensed child-care home, the licensed primary caregiver provides care in the caregiver's own residence for children from birth through 13 years, unless the operation was licensed as a group day care home prior to September 1, 2003.(b) A child-care home licensed as a group day care home prior to September 1, 2003, may provide care at a location other than the primary caregiver's own residence, until the permit is no longer valid. A location, other than the primary caregiver's own residence, is subject to the minimum standards in this chapter and, if applicable, the conditions specified in §745.373 of this title (relating to May I have more than one licensed child-care home?).(c) The total number of children in care varies with the ages of the children, but the total number of children in care in a licensed child-care home at any given time, including the children related to the caregiver, must not exceed 12.(d) A licensed child-care home includes the program, building, grounds, furnishings, and equipment.

Source Note: The provisions of this §747.115 adopted to be effective April 15, 2017, 42 TexReg 1906; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909.

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