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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 747 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-CARE HOMES
SUBCHAPTER U - INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVE PLAY SPACE AND EQUIPMENT
SECTION/RULE §747.4405 - Are there additional equipment restrictions for children younger than five years of age?
Chapter Review Date 05/17/2024

(a) Yes. Children younger than five years of age must not be allowed to use the following pieces of equipment at or away from the child-care home:(1) Free standing arch climbers;(2) Free standing climbing pieces with flexible parts;(3) Fulcrum seesaws;(4) Log rolls;(5) Spiral slides with more than one 360 degree turn;(6) Track rides.(b) In addition, children younger than four years of age must not be allowed to use the following pieces of equipment at or away from the child-care home:(1) Chain or cable walks;(2) Horizontal ladders;(3) Vertical slide poles;(4) Over-head rings; or(5) Parallel bars.

Source Note: The provisions of this §747.4405 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1462; amended to be effective December 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 10266; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909.

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