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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 744 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL-AGE AND BEFORE OR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS
SUBCHAPTER N - INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVE PLAY SPACE AND EQUIPMENT
SECTION/RULE §744.3255 - How should outdoor loose-fill surfacing materials be installed?
Chapter Review Date 03/27/2024

(a) If you use loose-fill surfacing materials in your outdoor active play space, you must install and maintain nine inches or more of uncompressed loose-fill material in the use zones.(b) You must not install loose-fill surfacing materials over concrete or asphalt.(c) You must mark all equipment support posts to indicate the depth at which the loose-fill surfacing material must be maintained under and around the equipment.(d) You must ensure the loose-fill materials are maintained at the proper depth at all times.(e) Loose-fill surfacing materials must not be used indoors.

Source Note: The provisions of this §744.3255 adopted to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective June 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 3716; 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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