Boards shall notify providers of the following:

1. (1) Employees of child care providers shall not:

   1. (A) possess, have on the premises, or otherwise have access to the attendance card of a parent or secondary cardholder;
   2. (B) accept or use the attendance card or PIN of a parent or secondary cardholder; or
   3. (C) perform the attendance or absence reporting function on behalf of the parent;
2. (2) The owner, director, or assistant director of a child care provider shall not be designated as the secondary cardholder by a parent with a child enrolled with the provider;
3. (3) Providers shall report misuse of attendance cards and PINs to the Board or the Board's child care contractor; and
4. (4) Providers shall report to the child care contractor authorized days that do not match the referral in the Agency's automated attendance system within five days of receiving the authorization. Failure to report the discrepancy may result in withholding payment to the provider.

Source Note:The provisions of this §809.95 adopted to be effective January 8, 2013, 38 TexReg 155.