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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 W - FIRE SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PRACTICES
SECTION/RULE §747.5111 - Must my child-care home have a smoke-detection system?
Chapter Review Date 05/17/2024

Yes. Your child-care home must have a working smoke-detection system. This may be an electronic alarm and smoke detection system or individual electric or battery- operated smoke detectors located in each room used by children.

Source Note: The provisions of this §747.5111 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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