(a) Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director must have a current certificate of training with an expiration or renewal date in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
(b) Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director must have a current certificate of training with an expiration or renewal date in pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). A new caregiver does not have to have a current certificate in pediatric CPR before having unsupervised access to a child in care. However, the operation must have at least one employee or caregiver on the premises while children are in care that has a current certificate in pediatric CPR. The pediatric CPR:
  (1) Must adhere to the guidelines for CPR for a layperson established by the American Heart Association, and consist of a curriculum that incudes use of a CPR manikin and both written and hands-on skill-based instruction, practice, and testing; and
  (2) May be provided through blended learning that utilizes online technology, including self-instructional training, as long as the criteria in paragraph (1) of this subsection is met.

Source Note: The provisions of this §744.1315 adopted to be effective October 8, 2018, 43 TexReg 6645