(a) You may not use or threaten to use corporal punishment with any child in care. Corporal punishment is the infliction of physical pain on a child as a means of controlling or managing behavior, including hitting or spanking a child with a hand or an instrument or slapping or thumping a child.
(b) In addition to corporal punishment, prohibited discipline or guidance techniques include:
  (1) Any harsh, cruel, or unusual treatment of any child;
  (2) Punishment associated with food, naps, or toilet training;
  (3) Pinching, shaking, or biting a child;
  (4) Putting anything in or on a child's mouth;
  (5) Humiliating, ridiculing, rejecting, or yelling at a child;
  (6) Subjecting a child to harsh, abusive, or profane language;
  (7) Placing a child in a locked or dark room, bathroom, or closet; and
  (8) Requiring a child to remain silent or inactive for inappropriately long periods of time for the child's age, including requiring a child to remain in a restrictive device.

Source Note: The provisions of this §742.603 adopted to be effective March 10, 2021, 46 TexReg 1247