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 S - SAFETY PRACTICES
Division 3 - ANIMALS AT MY CHILD-CARE HOME
Section 747.3705 - Must I prevent children from having contact with certain animals while at my child-care home?
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 747.3705
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) Yes. Children must not have contact with chickens, ducks, and reptiles, such as snakes, turtles, lizards, iguanas, and amphibians, such as frogs and toads.
(b) You must keep the child-care home and playground free of animals unfamiliar to you.
(c) In addition to the animals specified in subsection (a) of this section, you must not allow children to play with:
(1) animals unfamiliar to you;
(2) animals familiar to you but showing
behavioral changes that could be perceived as dangerous; and
(3) animals that could be dangerous, such as
monkeys.
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