Section 747.3203 - What steps must I take to ensure a healthy environment for children at my child-care home?You must clean, repair, and maintain your child-care home, grounds, and equipment to protect the health of the children, including:
(1) Setting aside toys and equipment that are placed in children's mouths or are otherwise contaminated by body secretion or excrement, to be sanitized daily or before handling by another child;(2) Machine washing used cloth toys at least weekly and when contaminated;(3) Machine washing used linens at least weekly, and when soiled and before another child uses them;(4) Sanitizing sleeping equipment before a different child uses it and when soiled;(5) Sanitizing potty chairs after each child's use;(6) Emptying water play tables and toys used in water play tables daily, sanitizing, and ensuring children and caregivers wash their hands before using the water table;(7) Maintaining sand boxes and sand tables in a sanitary manner;(8) Making all garbage inaccessible to children, and managing it to keep the child-care home, inside and outside, free of insects, rodents, and offensive odors;(9) Keeping all floors, ceilings, and walls in good repair and clean;(10) Ensuring paints used at the child-care home are lead-free;(11) Keeping all parts of the child-care home used by children well heated, lighted, and ventilated;(12) Sanitizing table tops, furniture, and other similar equipment used by children when soiled or contaminated with matter such as food, body secretions, or excrement;(13) Clearly marking cleaning supplies and other toxic materials and keeping them separate from food and inaccessible to children; and(14) Using, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials as recommended by the manufacturer.26 Tex. Admin. Code § 747.3203
The provisions of this §747.3203 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1462; amended to be effective September 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 6250; amended to be effective April 15, 2017, 42 TexReg 1906; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909