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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 S - SAFETY PRACTICES
SECTION/RULE §747.3705 - Must I prevent children from having contact with certain animals while at my child-care home?
Chapter Review Date 05/17/2024

(a) Yes. Children must not have contact with chickens, ducks, and reptiles, such as snakes, turtles, lizards, iguanas, and amphibians, such as frogs and toads.(b) You must keep the child-care home and playground free of animals unfamiliar to you.(c) In addition to the animals specified in subsection (a) of this section, you must not allow children to play with:(1) animals unfamiliar to you;(2) animals familiar to you but showing behavioral changes that could be perceived as dangerous; and(3) animals that could be dangerous, such as monkeys.

Source Note: The provisions of this §747.3705 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1462; amended to be effective December 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 10266; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909.

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