Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 551 - INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR RELATED CONDITIONS
Subchapter D - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITY CONSTRUCTION
Section 551.74 - Safety Operations
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 551.74
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) The facility must have a program to inspect, test, and maintain the fire alarm system and must execute the program at least once every three months for large facilities and at least once every six months for small facilities.
(1) The facility must contract with a company
that is registered by the State Fire Marshal's Office to execute the
program.
(2) The person who
performs a service under the contract must be licensed by the State Fire
Marshal's Office to perform the service and must complete, sign, and date an
inspection form similar to the inspection and testing form in NFPA 72 for a
service provided under the contract.
(3) The facility must ensure that fire alarm
system components that require visual inspection are visually inspected in
accordance with NFPA 72.
(4) The
facility must ensure that fire alarm system components that require testing are
tested in accordance with NFPA 72.
(5) The facility must ensure that fire alarm
system components that require maintenance are maintained in accordance with
NFPA 72.
(6) The facility must
ensure that smoke dampers are inspected and tested in accordance with NFPA
101.
(7) The facility must maintain
onsite documentation of compliance with this subsection.
(b) The facility must have a program to inspect, test, and maintain the sprinkler system and must execute the program at least once every three months for large facilities and at least once every six months for small facilities.
(1) The
facility must contract with a company that is registered by the State Fire
Marshal's Office to execute the program.
(2) The person who performs a service under
the contract must be licensed by the State Fire Marshal's Office to perform the
service and must complete, sign, and date an inspection form similar to the
inspection and testing form in NFPA 25 for a service provided under the
contract.
(3) The facility must
ensure that sprinkler system components that require visual inspection are
visually inspected in accordance with NFPA 13, NFPA 13D, or NFPA 13R and in
accordance with NFPA 25.
(4) The
facility must ensure that sprinkler system components that require testing are
tested in accordance with NFPA 13, NFPA 13D, or NFPA 13R and in accordance with
NFPA 25.
(5) The facility must
ensure that sprinkler system components that require maintenance are maintained
in accordance with NFPA 13, NFPA 13D, or NFPA 13R and in accordance with NFPA
25.
(6) The facility must ensure
that individual sprinkler heads are inspected and maintained in accordance with
NFPA 13, NFPA 13D, or NFPA 13R and in accordance with NFPA 25.
(7) The facility must maintain onsite
documentation of compliance with this subsection.
(c) The facility must formulate, adopt, and enforce smoking policies.
(1) The facility's
policies must comply with all applicable codes, regulations, and standards,
including local ordinances.
(2) The
facility must inform residents, staff, visitors, and other affected parties of
the facility's smoking policies.
(3) The facility must prohibit smoking in any
room, ward, or compartment where flammable liquids, combustible gas, or oxygen
is used or stored and in any other hazardous location. The facility must post a
"No Smoking" sign in these areas.
(4) The facility must provide ashtrays of
noncombustible material and safe design in all areas where smoking is
permitted.
(5) The facility must
provide a metal container with a self-closing cover device into which ashtrays
can be emptied in all areas where smoking is permitted.
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