(a) A caregiver must notify the Department of Family and Protective Services immediately at 1-800-252-5400 if:
  (1) There is any suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation;
  (2) A child dies while in your care; or
  (3) A child was forgotten in a vehicle or wandered away from your home or care unsupervised.
(b) You must notify Licensing immediately if you become aware that a household member, caregiver, or child in care contracts an illness deemed notifiable by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
(c) After you ensure the safety of the child, you must notify the parent immediately if the child:
  (1) Is injured and the injury requires medical treatment by a health-care professional or hospitalization;
  (2) Shows signs or symptoms of an illness that requires hospitalization;
  (3) Has had an emergency anaphylaxis reaction that required administration of an unassigned epinephrine auto-injector; or
  (4) Was forgotten in a vehicle or wandered away from your home or care unsupervised.
(d) You must notify the parent of a child of less serious injuries when the parent picks the child up from the home. Less serious injuries include, minor cuts, scratches, and bites from other children requiring first aid treatment by caregivers.
(e) You must notify the parent of each child attending the home in writing within 48 hours after you become aware that a household member, caregiver, or child in care contracts an illness deemed notifiable by the Texas Department of State Health Services; or
(f) You must notify Licensing in writing within 15 days of:
  (1) Relocating your listed family home; or
  (2) Closing the home.

Source Note: The provisions of this §742.401 adopted to be effective March 10, 2021, 46 TexReg 1247; amended to be effective October 25, 2021, 46 TexReg 7215