(a) You must clean, repair, and maintain your listed family home, grounds, pool, hot tub, and equipment to protect the health safety of the children in your care, including:
  (1) Keeping all parts of your listed family home used by children well heated, lighted, and ventilated;
  (2) Having at least one working sink and flushing toilet in the home; and
  (3) Sanitizing toys and equipment that are placed in a child's mouth or are otherwise contaminated by food, body secretions, or excrement.
(b) You must clearly mark cleaning supplies and hazardous materials and ensure that they are inaccessible to children.
(c) Caregivers should wash their hands and children's hands often.
(d) All areas accessible to a child must be free from hazards.
(e) During operating hours, people must not consume or be under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances in the home, during transportation, or on field trips.
(f) During operating hours, people must not smoke any e-cigarette, vaporizer, or tobacco product or otherwise use any tobacco product in your home, in the garage, on the playground, in transportation vehicles, or during field trips.

Source Note: The provisions of this §742.801 adopted to be effective March 10, 2021, 46 TexReg 1247