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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 748 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS
SUBCHAPTER E - PERSONNEL
SECTION/RULE §748.535 - What responsibilities must the child-care administrator have?
Chapter Review Date 04/17/2024

The child-care administrator must:(1) Have daily supervision and on-site administrative responsibility for the overall operation;(2) Ensure that the operation complies with current heightened monitoring plans, if applicable; and(3) Be responsible for or assign responsibility for:(A) Overseeing staffing patterns to ensure the supervision and the provision of child-care services that meet the needs of children in care;(B) Ensuring the provision of planned but flexible program activities designed to meet the developmental needs of children;(C) Having a system in place to ensure an employee is available to handle emergencies;(D) Assigning tasks to caregivers that do not conflict or interfere with caregiver responsibilities;(E) Administering and managing the operation according to your policies;(F) Ensuring that the operation complies with applicable rules of this chapter, Chapter 42 of the Human Resources Code, Chapter 745 of this title (relating to Licensing), and other applicable laws;(G) Ensuring a child in care is not assigned, utilized, or allowed to act as a caregiver; and(H) Ensuring persons whose behavior or health status is known to present a danger to children are not allowed at the operation.

Source Note: The provisions of this §748.535 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7497; amended to be effective January 1, 2017; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective April 25, 2022, 47 TexReg 2248.

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