Tex. Health and Safety Code § 141.009
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 141.009, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 141.009. STANDARDS.
Official statutory text
The executive commissioner by rule shall establish health and safety standards for youth camps. The standards may relate to:
(1) adequate and proper supervision at all times of camp activities;
(2) qualifications for directors, supervisors, and staff and sufficient numbers of those persons;
(3) proper safeguards for sanitation and public health;
(4) adequate medical services for personal health and first aid;
(5) proper procedures for food preparation, handling, and mass feeding;
(6) healthful and sufficient water supply;
(7) proper waste disposal;
(8) proper water safety procedures for swimming pools, lakes, and waterways;
(9) safe boating equipment;
(10) proper maintenance and safe use of motor vehicles;
(11) safe buildings and physical facilities;
(12) proper fire precautions;
(13) safe and proper recreational and other equipment;
(14) proper regard for density and use of the premises; and
(15) records of criminal convictions of camp personnel.
(1) adequate and proper supervision at all times of camp activities;
(2) qualifications for directors, supervisors, and staff and sufficient numbers of those persons;
(3) proper safeguards for sanitation and public health;
(4) adequate medical services for personal health and first aid;
(5) proper procedures for food preparation, handling, and mass feeding;
(6) healthful and sufficient water supply;
(7) proper waste disposal;
(8) proper water safety procedures for swimming pools, lakes, and waterways;
(9) safe boating equipment;
(10) proper maintenance and safe use of motor vehicles;
(11) safe buildings and physical facilities;
(12) proper fire precautions;
(13) safe and proper recreational and other equipment;
(14) proper regard for density and use of the premises; and
(15) records of criminal convictions of camp personnel.
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