All areas accessible to a child must be free from hazards including,
but not limited to, the following:
(1) Electrical outlets accessible to a child younger
than five years old must have childproof covers or safety outlets;
(2) 220-volt electrical connections within a child's
reach must be covered with a screen or guard;
(3) Air conditioners, electric fans, and heaters must
be mounted out of all children's reach or have safeguards that keep
any child from being injured;
(4) Glass in sliding doors must be clearly marked with
decals or other materials placed at children's eye level;
(5) Play materials and equipment must be safe and free
from sharp or rough edges and toxic paints;
(6) Poisonous or potentially harmful plants must be
inaccessible to all children;
(7) All storage chests, boxes, trunks, or similar items
with hinged lids must be equipped with a lid support designed to hold
the lid open in any position, be equipped with ventilation holes,
and must not have a latch that might close and trap a child inside;
(8) All bodies of water such as pools, hot tubs, ponds,
creeks, birdbaths, fountains, buckets, and rain barrels must be inaccessible
to all children; and
(9) All televisions must be anchored, so they cannot
tip over. A television may be anchored to a rolling cart, as long
as it is anchored in a way that the cart will not tip over.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §744.2601 adopted to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective April 15, 2017, 42 TexReg 1779; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909 |
