Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 744 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL-AGE AND BEFORE OR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS
Subchapter D - PERSONNEL
Division 5 - SUBSTITUTES, VOLUNTEERS, AND CONTRACTORS
Section 744.1401 - What minimum standards must substitutes, volunteers, or contractors comply with?

(a) Substitutes not counted in the child/caregiver ratio must comply with minimum standards that apply to employees, except as otherwise provided in this division.

(b) Volunteers and contractors who are regularly or frequently present at the operation but not counted in the child/caregiver ratio must comply with minimum standards that apply to employees.

(c) Substitutes, volunteers, and contractors who are counted in the child/caregiver ratio must comply with minimum standards that apply to employees and caregivers, except as otherwise noted in subsection (d) of this section.

(d) Volunteers, including parents, who only supplement the ratios for field trips and water activities do not have to comply with the minimum standards that apply to employees and caregivers, but they do have to comply with the relevant minimum standards in Subchapter E of this chapter relating to (Child/Caregiver Ratios and Group Sizes).

(e) Substitutes, volunteers, and contractors who do not meet caregiver qualifications must never be left alone with children.

(f) Substitutes, volunteers, and contractors must comply with the training requirements in §744.1403 of this division (relating to What are the training requirements for substitutes, volunteers, and contractors?).