Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 747 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-CARE HOMES
Subchapter L - DISCIPLINE
Section 747.2705 - What types of discipline and guidance or punishment are prohibited?

(1) Corporal punishment or threats of corporal punishment;

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

(3) Grabbing or pulling on 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;

(8) Placing a child in a restrictive device for time out;

(9) Withholding active play or keeping a child inside as a consequence for behavior, unless the child is exhibiting behavior during active play that requires a brief supervised separation or time out that is consistent with § 747.2703(4)(D) of this subchapter (relating to What methods of discipline and guidance may I use?); and

(10) Requiring a child to remain silent or inactive for inappropriately long periods of time for the child's age.