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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 §747.4601 - What does Licensing mean by the term "use zone"?
Chapter Review Date 05/17/2024

The use zone is the surface area under and around a piece of equipment onto which a child falling from or exiting from the equipment would be expected to land. Other than the equipment itself, the use zone must be free of obstacles that a child could run into or fall on top of and be injured.

Source Note: The provisions of this §747.4601 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1462; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909.

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