Tex. Family Code § 262.3025
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 262.3025, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 262.3025. NEWBORN SAFETY DEVICE.
Official statutory text
(a) A designated emergency infant care provider may place a newborn safety device inside the provider's facilities to take possession of a child under Section 262.302.
(b) A newborn safety device installed by a designated emergency infant care provider must:
(1) be physically located:
(A) inside a facility that is staffed 24 hours a day by employees of the provider; and
(B) in an area conspicuous and visible to the employees of the provider; and
(2) contain an alarm system connected to the device to audibly notify an employee of the provider that a child has been placed in the device.
(c) A designated emergency infant care provider that places a newborn safety device in the provider's facilities shall develop procedures to regularly verify that the device's alarm system is in working order.
(b) A newborn safety device installed by a designated emergency infant care provider must:
(1) be physically located:
(A) inside a facility that is staffed 24 hours a day by employees of the provider; and
(B) in an area conspicuous and visible to the employees of the provider; and
(2) contain an alarm system connected to the device to audibly notify an employee of the provider that a child has been placed in the device.
(c) A designated emergency infant care provider that places a newborn safety device in the provider's facilities shall develop procedures to regularly verify that the device's alarm system is in working order.
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