Sec. 42.0523. LISTING OF RELATIVE CHILD-CARE PROVIDERS. (a) A child-care provider who only provides child care under Chapter 313 , Labor Code, to children related to the provider may list the provider's home as a family home. (b) Before the department may list a child-care provider's home under this section, in addition to conducting the background or criminal history check required under Section 42.056 , the department must search the central database of sex offender registration records maintained by the Department of Public Safety under Chapter 62 , Code of Criminal Procedure, to determine whether the provider is listed in the registry as a sex offender. (c) The address of a family home listed under this section is the address of the child-care provider's home, regardless of whether the child care is provided in the provider's home or in the child's home. (d) A relative child-care provider's home listed as a family home under this section is exempt from the health and safety requirements of 45 C.F.R. Section 98.41(a). (e) The following requirements do not apply to a family home listed under this section: (1) the minimum standards adopted under Section 42.042 ; and (2) the liability insurance requirement under Section 42.0495 .
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