(a) If you use electric or battery-operated carbon monoxide detectors, you must:
  (1) Install a new battery in each battery-operated detector at least annually;
  (2) Test all detectors monthly;
  (3) Document the date of the test, date of installation of new batteries, and the name of the employee who does the testing and installment of new batteries; and
  (4) Keep this documentation at the center for review during hours of operation.
(b) If you use an electronic carbon monoxide detection system connected to an alarm/smoke detection system, you must:
  (1) Ensure the system monitoring company or the state or local fire marshal tests the system at least annually;
  (2) Keep the most recent inspection report at the child-care center for review during hours of operation;
  (3) Ensure the report includes the date of the inspection and the inspector's name and telephone number; and
  (4) Make any corrections required in the report.

Source Note: The provisions of this §746.5537 adopted to be effective January 1, 2004, 28 TexReg 11354; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909