746.3311: Nutrition - Children encouraged but not forced to eat
Child-Care Centers
As of October 10, 2026, statewide records in this dataset list 19 citations across 19 providers.
| Risk weight | Citations |
|---|---|
| High | 0 |
| Medium High | 12 |
| Medium | 7 |
| 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
Written approval from a health care professional or dietitian for a child that has a food intolerance listed by parent's on the child admission form was not in file for review.
This standard was reviewed for this investigation. Based on the evidence provided, a caregiver placed a hand on the infant's forehead to prevent the infant from turning his head away and inserted a bite of baby food into the infant's mouth despite the infant's refusal of the…
During the review of video surveillance, it was determined that a caregiver force fed a child their bottle for approximately 3 minutes while the child's arms were retrained and the child resisted the bottle.
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