Subchapter D: Personnel

In Division 2, Child-Care Center Employees and Caregivers, the Minimum Standards requires both employees and caregivers to meet minimum qualifications to work in a child care center. There are minimum qualifications caregivers must meet in addition to the minimum qualifications of employees. Now, let's take a closer look at personnel by reviewing employee and caregiver qualifications in the table below. Once you are done, click next to move on.

Employees and Caregivers

Each employee must:

Additional for Caregivers

Except as otherwise provided in this division, each caregiver must comply with minimum standards for employees and must:

(1) Meet the requirements in 40 TAC Chapter 745, Subchapter F (relating to Background Checks);Woman with fingerprint..

 

(1) Be at least 18 years of age; - and -

 

(2) Have a current record of a tuberculosis examination, showing the employee is free of contagious TB, if required by the Texas Department of State Health Services or local health authority;

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(2) Have a:

(A) High school diploma;

(B) High school equivalent; - or -

(C) High school certificate of coursework completion as defined in Texas Education Code, §28.025(d).

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(3) Complete a notarized Child Care Regulation Affidavit for Applicants for Employment form as specified in Human Resources Code, §42.059.Man with sealed document..