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 N - FIELD TRIPS
Section 746.3001 - May I take children away from my child-care center for field trips?
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
Yes. You must ensure the safety of all children on field trips or excursions and during any transportation provided by the child-care center. Anytime you take a child on a field trip, you must comply with each of the following requirements:
(1) You must have signed permission from the parent to take a child on a field trip, including permission to transport the child, if applicable;
(2) One or more caregivers must carry emergency medical consent forms and emergency contact information for each child on the field trip;
(3) Caregivers must have a written list of all children on the field trip and must check the list frequently to account for the presence of all children;
(4) Caregivers must have a first-aid kit immediately available on field trips;
(5) Caregivers must have a copy of a child's food allergy emergency plan and allergy medications, if applicable;
(6) Each child must wear a shirt, nametag, or other identification listing the name of the child-care center and the child-care center's telephone number;
(7) Each caregiver must be easily identifiable by all children on the field trip by wearing a hat, child-care center tee-shirt, brightly-colored clothes, or other easily spotted identification;
(8) Each caregiver supervising a field trip must have transportation available, a communication device such as a cellular phone or two-way radio available, or an alternate plan for transportation at the field-trip location in case of emergency; and
(9) One or more caregivers per group of children must have current training in pediatric first aid and pediatric CPR.
