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.
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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: |
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(1) Meet the requirements in 40 TAC Chapter 745, Subchapter F (relating to Background Checks);
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(1) Be at least 18 years of age; - and -
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(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; - and - |
(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. |
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A caregiver is a person whose duties include the supervision, guidance and protection of a child or children.
An employee is any person employed by or that contracts with the license holder, including but not limited to caregivers, drivers, kitchen personnel, maintenance and administrative personnel and the director.