This is a clone of the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) for educational purposes. It is not the official version and should not be used for legal purposes. Site created Wed, 21 May 2025 21:16:48 GMT
(a) Generally, weapons, firearms, explosive materials, and projectiles (such as darts or arrows), are permitted. However, there are some specific restrictions.(1) If you allow weapons, firearms, explosive materials, or projectiles, you must develop and enforce a policy identifying specific precautions to ensure that a child does not have unsupervised access to them, including requiring a foster parent to keep them in locked storage when they are not in use.(2) You must determine that it is appropriate for a specific child to use the weapons, firearms, explosive materials, or projectiles.(3) No child may use a weapon, firearm, explosive material, or projectile, unless the child is directly supervised by an adult knowledgeable about the use of the weapon, firearm, explosive material, or projectile that is to be used by the child.(b) Your policies must require foster parents to notify you if there is a change in the type of or an addition to weapons, firearms, explosive materials, projectiles, or toys that explode or shoot that are on the property where the foster home is located.(c) You must determine whether it is appropriate for a specific child to use a toy that explodes or shoots. The child must be supervised when using or being around a toy that explodes or shoots, and the toy must be age appropriate to the child.(d) Firearms that are inoperable and solely ornamental are exempt from the storage requirements in this rule.