Family Code § 262.3025

Sec. 262.3025. NEWBORN SAFETY DEVICE. (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. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143 (S.B. 780), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.