The
Texas Department of State Health Services passed NEW regulations in May of 2006 that all Texas Youth Camps must adopt. In order
to comply, the following requirements MUST be met before your
camp arrives or during your stay at at Pine Springs.
The
management and staff here at Pine Springs Baptist Camp is
doing all possible to aid our camps, officers, leaders, committees,
and campers themselves.
The
following are from the 2006 Texas Administrative Code, Title
25 Health Services, Part 1 Department of State Health Services,
Chapter 265 General Sanitation, SubChapter B - Texas Youth
Camps Safety and Health:
Rule
§265.12 (b) Adult supervisors.
Each
youth camp shall have at least one adult supervisor
who is responsible for the supervision of no more
than ten children in the camp . For any hazardous
activity the supervisor(s) must be in the immediate
vicinity (within sight and/or hearing) of the campers.
An "all camp" sedentary activity, not requiring
physical activity, may require less supervision, and
each camp shall establish its own guidelines, but
not less than one adult supervisor to every 25 campers.
The camp director shall not be included in the supervisor
to camper ratio in camps serving over 50 campers at
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Rule
§265.15 (i) Camper health records shall be kept on file.
The
first aid area shall keep a annually-dated
health record on each child with the child's name,
allergies, immunizations, parent's name, address,
and telephone number, and parent or guardian authorization
for emergency medical care.
ONLY
THE PINE SPRINGS BAPTIST CAMP 2008 MEDICAL FORM WILL
BE ACCEPTED
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Rule
§265.15 (l) Storing and dispensing prescription
medication to campers.
If
a child is taking a prescription medication when he
or she reports to camp, the medication MUST
BE in the original container with the prescription
label, and the medical staff shall place that medication
in a lockable cabinet or other secure location that
is not accessible to campers. The medication shall be
administered by the Camp Health Officer or camp counselor,
if authorized in writing by the Camp Health Officer.
At no time will the child be allowed to self-administer
the medication without adult supervision. |
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