(a) When issuing an initial license to a residential child-care operation that is on or otherwise meets the criteria for heightened monitoring and is applying for a new license in a different location, Licensing must include a condition on the license that the operation is on heightened monitoring.
(b) When issuing an initial license to a residential child-care operation that was on heightened monitoring at the time of voluntary closure or otherwise met the criteria for heightened monitoring in the five years before voluntarily closing and reapplying for a new license at the same or a different location, Licensing must include a condition on the license that the operation is on heightened monitoring.
(c) When issuing an initial license to a residential child-care operation that had a change in ownership while on heightened monitoring or otherwise met the criteria for heightened monitoring in the five years before the change in ownership, Licensing must include a condition on the license that the operation is on heightened monitoring if:
  (1) Any controlling person from the previous operation serves or intends to serve as a controlling person in the new operation; or
  (2) A new owner, including a sole proprietor, either partner of a partnership, or any member of the governing body of a corporation, is related to a controlling person of the previous operation by a third degree of consanguinity or second degree of affinity as defined in §745.21 of this chapter (relating to What do the following words and terms mean when used in this chapter?).
(d) If an operation successfully completed heightened monitoring in the five years prior to the relocation, voluntary closure, or change of ownership, Licensing will not include a condition on the license that the operation is on heightened monitoring, unless the operation again met the criteria for heightened monitoring after successfully completing it.
(e) When issuing an initial license to a residential child-care operation, if Licensing determines that the applicant has employed or intends to employ a substantial number of employees from a previous operation, Licensing as a condition of the license may include employee screening requirements or training requirements that must be met before employees may have contact with children.
(f) The timeframes for an initial license in §745.347 of this chapter (relating to How long is an initial license valid?) may be extended for an initial license issued with conditions as described by this section.

Source Note: The provisions of this §745.497 adopted to be effective June 13, 2021, 46 TexReg 3523