(a) Respite child-care services are a planned alternative 24-hour care that has the purpose of providing relief to the child's primary caregiver.
(b) For the purposes of this chapter, respite child-care placement is a placement that lasts more than 72 hours. The placement of a child in a home for less than 72 hours is not respite child-care.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.2621 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909