When you participate in a hiking or camping activity in an area unfamiliar to the participating adults, and the hiking activity lasts more than two hours:
  (1) The person qualified to supervise the hiking or camping excursion must consider the following when selecting the area for hiking or camping:
    (A) Evacuation;
    (B) Communication; and
    (C) Water quality and quantity;
  (2) The person qualified to supervise the hiking or camping excursion must have experience leading a group in hiking or camping at the elevation, terrain, and climate where the activity is to take place;
  (3) Before participation, the caregivers and children must receive instruction on:
    (A) The fundamental safety procedures for the area where the hiking or camping will occur;
    (B) Procedures to follow if the participant gets lost;
    (C) Proper health and sanitation procedures;
    (D) Potential high-risk areas where the hiking or camping will occur; and
    (E) Fire risks;
  (4) The emergency medical care consent forms must be readily accessible to the caregivers accompanying them;
  (5) Caregivers participating in the hiking or camping activity must regularly monitor and care for the health and safety of children; and
  (6) If the excursion will be on private land, you must have an agreement with the person responsible for that land.

Source Note: The provisions of this §748.3841 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7497; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909