(a) An administrator of a center must be responsible for implementing and supervising the administrative policies and operations of the center and for administratively supervising the provision of all services to minors on a day-to-day basis.
(b) A center's administrator must:
  (1) ensure that the center complies with applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations;
  (2) manage the daily operations of the center;
  (3) organize and direct the center's ongoing functions;
  (4) ensure the availability of qualified staff and ancillary services to ensure the health, safety, and proper care of each minor;
  (5) ensure criminal history checks, employee misconduct, and nurse aide registry checks are conducted for required staff before employment;
  (6) ensure the implementation of the center's training program policies and procedures;
  (7) familiarize staff with regulatory issues, as well as the center's policies and procedures;
  (8) ensure that the documentation of services provided is accurate and timely;
  (9) manage census records, including daily, actual, and total, in accordance with §15.803 of this chapter (relating to Census);
  (10) ensure that the center immediately notifies a minor's parent of any and all accidents or unusual incidents involving their minor or that had the potential to cause injury or harm to a minor;
  (11) ensure that the center provides written notice to the parent of accidents or unusual incidents involving their minor on the day of occurrence;
  (12) maintain a record of accidents or unusual incidents involving a minor or staff member that caused, or had the potential to cause, injury or harm to a person or property at the center;
  (13) maintain a copy of current contractor agreements with third party providers contracted by the center;
  (14) maintain a copy of current written agreements with each contractor;
  (15) ensure adequate staff education and evaluations according to requirements in §15.415 of this subchapter (relating to Staffing Policies for Orientation, Development, and Training);
  (16) maintain documented development programs for all staff;
  (17) ensure the accuracy of public information materials and activities made available and presented on behalf of the center;
  (18) ensure implementation of an effective budgeting and accounting system consistent with good business practice that promotes the health and safety of the center's minors; and
  (19) supervise the annual distribution and evaluation of the responses to the parent-satisfaction surveys on all minors served.

Source Note: The provisions of this §550.304 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875