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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 744MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL-AGE AND BEFORE OR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS
SUBCHAPTER PFIRE SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PRACTICES
DIVISION 2EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
RULE §744.3561Must I have an emergency evacuation and relocation diagram?

(a) Yes. Your emergency evacuation and relocation diagram must be on file at the operation and must show the following:

  (1) A floor plan of your operation;

  (2) Two exit paths from each room, unless a room opens directly to the outdoors at ground level;

  (3) The designated location outside of the operation where all caregivers and children meet to ensure everyone has exited the operation safely; and

  (4) The designated location inside the operation where all caregivers and children take shelter from threatening weather.

(b) You must post an emergency evacuation and relocation diagram in each room the children use. You must post the diagram near the entrance and/or exit of the room and where children and employees may easily view the diagram.


Source Note: The provisions of this §744.3561 adopted to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective September 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 6225; 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

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