26 Tex. Admin. Code § 748.3841 - What are the requirements for hiking or camping excursions?

When you participate in a hiking or camping activity in an area unfamiliar to the participating adults, and the hiking activity lasts more than two hours:

(1) The person qualified to supervise the hiking or camping excursion must consider the following when selecting the area for hiking or camping:

(A) Evacuation;

(B) Communication; and

(C) Water quality and quantity;

(2) The person qualified to supervise the hiking or camping excursion must have experience leading a group in hiking or camping at the elevation, terrain, and climate where the activity is to take place;

(3) Before participation, the caregivers and children must receive instruction on:

(A) The fundamental safety procedures for the area where the hiking or camping will occur;

(B) Procedures to follow if the participant gets lost;

(C) Proper health and sanitation procedures;

(D) Potential high-risk areas where the hiking or camping will occur; and

(E) Fire risks;

(4) The emergency medical care consent forms must be readily accessible to the caregivers accompanying them;

(5) Caregivers participating in the hiking or camping activity must regularly monitor and care for the health and safety of children; and

(6) If the excursion will be on private land, you must have an agreement with the person responsible for that land.

Notes

26 Tex. Admin. Code § 748.3841

The provisions of this §748.3841 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7497; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909