Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 746 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-CARE CENTERS
Subchapter C - RECORD KEEPING
Division 2 - RECORDS OF ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS
Section 746.701 - What written records must I keep of accidents and incidents that occur at my child-care center?
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
You must record the following information on the Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form 7239 or another form that contains at least the same information:
(1) An injury to a child in care that required medical treatment by a health-care professional or hospitalization;
(2) An illness that required the hospitalization of a child in care;
(3) An incident where a child in care had an emergency anaphylaxis reaction that required administration of an unassigned epinephrine auto-injector;
(4) An incident of a child in care or employee contracting a communicable disease deemed notifiable by the Texas Department of State Health Services, as specified in 25 TAC Chapter 97, Subchapter A (relating to Control of Communicable Diseases); and
(5) Any other non-routine situation that placed, or may have placed, a child at risk for injury or harm, such as forgetting a child in a center vehicle or not preventing a child from wandering away from the child-care center unsupervised.
