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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 F - TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SECTION/RULE §748.861 - What are the pre-service experience requirements for a caregiver?
Chapter Review Date 04/17/2024

(a) If less than 25 children and less than 30% of your total population of children in care are receiving treatment services, then there are no pre-service experience requirements.(b) If 25 or more children or 30% or more of your total population of children in care are receiving treatment services, then a caregiver must have 40 hours of supervised child-care experience in your operation and/or another operation that provides the same treatment services. Until the caregiver has met this 40-hour experience requirement, the caregiver:(1) May not be assigned as the only caregiver responsible for a group of children;(2) Must be supervised at all times by another caregiver who has already satisfied the 40-hour experience requirement; and(3) The supervised child-care experience must be documented in the appropriate personnel record.

Source Note: The provisions of this §748.861 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 10393; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909.

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