Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 742 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LISTED FAMILY HOMES
Subchapter F - DISCIPLINE AND GUIDANCE
Section 742.603 - What types of punishment, discipline, or guidance are prohibited?

Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code ยง 742.603

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) You may not use or threaten to use corporal punishment with any child in care. Corporal punishment is the infliction of physical pain on a child as a means of controlling or managing behavior, including hitting or spanking a child with a hand or an instrument or slapping or thumping a child.

(b) In addition to corporal punishment, prohibited discipline or guidance techniques include:

(1) Any harsh, cruel, or unusual treatment of any child;

(2) Punishment associated with food, naps, or toilet training;

(3) Pinching, shaking, or biting a child;

(4) Putting anything in or on a child's mouth;

(5) Humiliating, ridiculing, rejecting, or yelling at a child;

(6) Subjecting a child to harsh, abusive, or profane language;

(7) Placing a child in a locked or dark room, bathroom, or closet; and

(8) Requiring a child to remain silent or inactive for inappropriately long periods of time for the child's age, including requiring a child to remain in a restrictive device.

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