Section 747.701 - What written records must I keep of accidents and injuries that occur at my child-care home?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 caregiver 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 vehicle or not preventing a child from wandering away from the child-care home.26 Tex. Admin. Code § 747.701
The provisions of this §747.701 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1462; 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 2450, eff. 4/11/2021; amended to be effective April 25, 2021, 46 TexReg 2449; amended by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 43, October 22, 2021, TexReg 7220, eff. 10/25/2021; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 07, February 17, 2023, TexReg 0955, eff. 3/1/2023