26 Tex. Admin. Code § 749.2961 - Are weapons, firearms, explosive materials, and projectiles permitted in a foster home?
(a) Generally, weapons,
firearms, explosive materials, and projectiles (such as darts or arrows), are
permitted. However, there are some specific restrictions.
(1) If you allow weapons, firearms, explosive
materials, or projectiles, you must develop and enforce a policy identifying
specific precautions to ensure that a child does not have unsupervised access
to them, including requiring a foster parent to keep them in locked storage
when they are not in use.
(2) You
must determine that it is appropriate for a specific child to use the weapons,
firearms, explosive materials, or projectiles.
(3) No child may use a weapon, firearm,
explosive material, or projectile, unless the child is directly supervised by
an adult knowledgeable about the use of the weapon, firearm, explosive
material, or projectile that is to be used by the child.
(b) Your policies must require foster parents
to notify you if there is a change in the type of or an addition to weapons,
firearms, explosive materials, projectiles, or toys that explode or shoot that
are on the property where the foster home is located.
(c) You must determine whether it is
appropriate for a specific child to use a toy that explodes or shoots. The
child must be supervised when using or being around a toy that explodes or
shoots, and the toy must be age appropriate to the child.
(d) Firearms that are inoperable and solely
ornamental are exempt from the storage requirements in this rule.
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