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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 Q - RECREATION ACTIVITIES
SECTION/RULE §748.3765 - What are the requirements for a child's access to a body of water?
Chapter Review Date 04/17/2024

(a) Prior to any activity regarding a body of water, you must explain the dangers of the body of water and the rules governing the activity to the children in a manner that each child can understand.(b) If your operation sponsors a swimming activity and you allow a child to swim in a body of water:(1) The supervising adult must clearly designate the swimming areas;(2) You must meet the swimming child/adult ratios; and(3) If more than six children are participating in the activity, you must have life-saving equipment present at all times that is sufficient to reach and rescue the child, such as a safety throw bag with a brightly colored 50-foot buoyant rope or a rescue boat equipped with a reach pole and a buoy.

Source Note: The provisions of this §748.3765 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, 41 TexReg 10393; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909.

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