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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 748 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS
SUBCHAPTER O - SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PRACTICES
SECTION/RULE §748.3161 - What steps must I take to ensure that heating devices do not present hazards to children?
Chapter Review Date 04/17/2024

(a) Gas appliances must be safe and in good repair.(b) Space heaters must be enclosed and have a screen or guard.(c) You must ensure that children do not have access to floor and wall furnace grates, steam and hot water pipes, and electric space heaters.(d) If you use a fireplace or wood-burning stove, it must be kept clean and have a screen or guard.(e) You may not use a stove to heat any part of the operation, including portable camp stoves.(f) You may not use open flame or liquid fuel heaters.

Source Note: The provisions of this §748.3161 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7497; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909.

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