Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 749 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
Subchapter M - FOSTER HOMES: SCREENINGS AND VERIFICATIONS
Division 6 - SUPERVISION
Section 749.2599 - Can a child serve as a babysitter?

(1) The child placement management staff approves the child to babysit and establishes limits with duration and frequency;

(2) The child acts as a babysitter for no more than eight hours and never over night;

(3) The child is certified in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); and

(4) Neither the child babysitting nor any of the foster children in the babysitter's care is receiving treatment services.