Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.04201
This is the official text of Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.04201, part of Texas’s Human Resources Code — governs state social services and welfare programs.
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§ 42.04201. INTERIM DIRECTOR.
Official statutory text
(a) If a candidate to serve as the director of a day-care center operating under an initial license under Section 42.051 meets all the qualifications for a director prescribed by department rules except for the education requirements, the candidate may serve as interim director of the day-care center for not longer than 12 months while the candidate completes the requisite education or obtains a waiver to the education requirement authorized by commission rule.
(b) If the interim director completes the education requirements prescribed by the department or obtains a waiver to the education requirement before the end of the 12th month after the date the person began serving as interim director, the interim director may become the director of the day-care center.
(c) If the interim director fails to complete the education requirements prescribed by the department or obtain a waiver to the education requirement before the end of the 12th month after the date the person began serving as interim director, the day-care center shall employ a new director.
(b) If the interim director completes the education requirements prescribed by the department or obtains a waiver to the education requirement before the end of the 12th month after the date the person began serving as interim director, the interim director may become the director of the day-care center.
(c) If the interim director fails to complete the education requirements prescribed by the department or obtain a waiver to the education requirement before the end of the 12th month after the date the person began serving as interim director, the day-care center shall employ a new director.
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