(a) You must clean, repair, and maintain your listed family home, grounds, pool, hot tub, and equipment to protect the health safety of the children in your care, including:
- (1) Keeping all parts of your listed family home used by children well heated, lighted, and ventilated;
- (2) Having at least one working sink and flushing toilet in the home; and
- (3) Sanitizing toys and equipment that are placed in a child's mouth or are otherwise contaminated by food, body secretions, or excrement.
- (b) You must clearly mark cleaning supplies and hazardous materials and ensure that they are inaccessible to children.
- (c) Caregivers should wash their hands and children's hands often.
- (d) All areas accessible to a child must be free from hazards.
- (e) During operating hours, people must not consume or be under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances in the home, during transportation, or on field trips.
- (f) During operating hours, people must not smoke any e-cigarette, vaporizer, or tobacco product or otherwise use any tobacco product in your home, in the garage, on the playground, in transportation vehicles, or during field trips.
Source Note:The provisions of this §742.801 adopted to be effective March 10, 2021, 46 TexReg 1247.