26 Tex. Admin. Code § 746.701 - What written records must I keep of accidents and incidents that occur at my child-care center?

You must record the following information on the Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form 7239 or another form that contains at least the same information:

(1) An injury to a child in care that required medical treatment by a health-care professional or hospitalization;

(2) An illness that required the hospitalization of a child in care;

(3) An incident where a child in care had an emergency anaphylaxis reaction that required administration of an unassigned epinephrine auto-injector;

(4) An incident of a child in care or employee contracting a communicable disease deemed notifiable by the Texas Department of State Health Services, as specified in 25 TAC Chapter 97, Subchapter A (relating to Control of Communicable Diseases); and

(5) Any other non-routine situation that placed, or may have placed, a child at risk for injury or harm, such as forgetting a child in a center vehicle or not preventing a child from wandering away from the child-care center unsupervised.

Notes

26 Tex. Admin. Code § 746.701

The provisions of this §746.701 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1402; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 15, April 9, 2021, TexReg 2448, eff. 4/11/2021; amended to be effective April 25, 2021, 4 TexReg 2447; amended by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 43, October 22, 2021, TexReg 7219, eff. 10/25/2021; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 07, February 17, 2023, TexReg 0942, eff. 3/1/2023