| (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.
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| 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 |
