Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 745 - LICENSING
Subchapter B - CHILD CARE AND OTHER OPERATIONS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO REGULATION
Section 745.33 - What is child day care?

Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 745.33

Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025

Child day care means the care, supervision, training, or education of:

(1) An unrelated child or children under 14 years old for less than 24 hours per day that occurs in a place other than the child's own home, including child day care provided to school-age children before and/or after the customary school day; or

(2) A related child or children under 14 years old for less than 24 hours per day that occurs in the caregiver's or child's home if the care is provided:

(A) Under the auspices of a listed family home; and

(B) In full compliance with Chapter 313 of the Labor Code, including providing care in the child's home only if:
(i) Care is provided for a disabled child, which may include the child's siblings;

(ii) Care is provided for a child under 18 months of age, which may include the child's siblings;

(iii) Care is provided for a child of a parent 18 years or younger;

(iv) Care is provided for a child of a parent 19 years of age and the parent is fully enrolled in a secondary school in a program leading toward a high school diploma;

(v) Care is provided when the parent's work schedule necessitates child-care services during the evening, overnight, or on the weekend and taking the child outside of the child's home would be disruptive to the child; or

(vi) The Texas Workforce Commission determines that other child-care provider arrangements are not available in the community.

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