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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 506SPECIAL CARE FACILITIES
SUBCHAPTER HPHYSICAL PLANT AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
RULE §506.94Preparation, Submittal, Review and Approval of Plans

    (A) Fire sprinkler working plans, complete hydraulic calculations and water supply information shall be prepared in accordance with NFPA 13, §§8-1, 8-2 and 8-3, for new fire sprinkler systems, alterations of and additions to existing ones.

    (B) Certification of changes in an existing system is not required when relocation of not more than twenty sprinkler heads is involved.

    (C) One set of fire sprinkler working plans (sealed by the engineer), calculations and water supply information shall be forwarded to the department together with the engineer's certification letter stating that the sprinkler system design complies with the requirements of NFPA 13. Certification of the fire sprinkler system shall be submitted prior to system installation.

    (D) Upon completion of the fire sprinkler system installation and any required corrections, written certification by the engineer, stating that the fire sprinkler system is installed in accordance with NFPA 13 requirements, shall be submitted prior to or with the written request for the final construction inspection of the project.

(f) Resubmittal of construction documents. When construction is delayed for longer than one year from the plan approval date, construction documents shall be resubmitted to the department for review and approval. The plans shall be accompanied by a new Application for Plan Review and a plan review fee.

(g) Project delay or cancellation. The licensee or owner shall provide written notification to the department when a project has been placed on hold, canceled or abandoned.

(h) On-hold projects. The department may close a project file after one year of its receipt of an Application for Plan Review for projects that have been placed on hold.


Source Note: The provisions of this §506.94 adopted to be effective July 25, 2004, 29 TexReg 6911; transferred effective June 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register May 17, 2019, 44 TexReg 2467

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