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 N - FIELD TRIPS
Section 747.2901 - May I take children away from my child-care home for field trips?

Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code ยง 747.2901

Current through Reg. 49, No. 52; December 27, 2024

(a) Yes. You must ensure the children's safety on field trips and excursions and during any transportation provided by the child-care home. 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 away from your child-care home, including permission to transport the child, if applicable;

(2) You must carry emergency medical consent forms and emergency contact information for each child on the field trip;

(3) You 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 on the field trip;

(4) You must have a first-aid kit immediately available on all field trips;

(5) You must have a copy of a child's food allergy emergency plan and allergy medications, if applicable;

(6) Each child must wear a shirt, name tag, or other identification listing the name and telephone number of the child-care home;

(7) Each caregiver must be easily identifiable by all children on the field trip, by wearing a hat, specialized 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) You must ensure that a caregiver with current training in pediatric first aid and pediatric CPR is present on the field trip.

(b) A walk around the caregiver's neighborhood must comply only with paragraphs (2), (5) and (9) of subsection (a) of this section.

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