SECTION 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.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.2904 adopted to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7522; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9944; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective April 25, 2022, 47 TexReg 2272