744.2517: Children Handwashing After Feeding or Touching Animals
School-Age and Before or After-School Programs
As of October 10, 2026, statewide records in this dataset list 73 citations across 68 providers.
| Risk weight | Citations |
|---|---|
| High | 0 |
| Medium High | 73 |
| Medium | 0 |
| Medium Low | 0 |
| Low | 0 |
| Unknown | 0 |
HHSC assigns each standard a risk weight from Low to High. A deficiency is a finding that a minimum standard was not met.
Sample inspector narratives
Children did not wash their hands before they had their snacks.
Children came in from swimming, and went to right to playing. The children were brought to the carpet after about 10 minutes, and were broken into groups to change into dry clothes. No mention of washing hands was made. When I asked one child if he was going to wash his hands,…
Children did not wash their hands before eating their snack.
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