26 Tex. Admin. Code § 749.2904 - What fire safety measures are required at a foster family home serving children receiving treatment services for primary medical needs?
(a) Foster family homes serving children
receiving treatment services for primary medical needs must have a fire
inspection conducted by a state or local fire authority. You must document
efforts to obtain a fire inspection. If, after exploring and documenting
efforts to obtain a fire inspection for a home, you cannot obtain a fire
inspection, then a fire safety evaluation may be conducted by your
child-placement staff using the State Fire Marshal's fire prevention checklist
for foster homes. Documentation of efforts to obtain a fire inspection must
include each date, the name of the person contacted, and the person's response
to the request to complete an inspection.
(b) Each inspection or use of the State Fire
Marshal's checklist must be documented, including the name and telephone number
of the person who conducted the inspection or evaluation.
(c) Deficiencies documented during any
inspection or use of the State Fire Marshal's checklist must be corrected, and
the foster home must comply with any conditions or restrictions specified by
the inspector or child-placement staff.
(d) Once you document that a fire inspection
is not available in a particular area, you may use that documentation for any
foster home verified by you in that area. A copy of the documentation must be
on file in each foster home record to which the documentation
applies.
(e) Documentation that a
fire inspection is not available in a particular area is valid for one
year.
Notes
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