All areas accessible to a child must be free from hazards including, but not limited to, the following:
  (1) Electrical outlets accessible to a child younger than five years must have child-proof covers or safety outlets;
  (2) 220-volt electrical connections within any child's reach must be covered with a screen or guard;
  (3) Air conditioners, electric fans, and heaters must be mounted out of all children's reach or have safeguards that keep any child from being injured;
  (4) Glass in sliding doors must be clearly marked with decals or other materials placed at children's eye level;
  (5) Play materials and equipment must be safe and free from sharp or rough edges and toxic paints;
  (6) Poisonous or potentially harmful plants must be inaccessible to children;
  (7) Bottle warmers must be inaccessible to all children and used only according to manufacturer instructions;
  (8) All storage chests, boxes, trunks, or similar items with hinged lids must be equipped with a lid support designed to hold the lid open in any position, be equipped with ventilation holes, and must not have a latch that might close and trap a child inside; and
  (9) All bodies of water, such as, pools, hot tubs, ponds, creeks, birdbaths, fountains, buckets, and rain barrels, must be inaccessible to children.

Source Note: The provisions of this §747.3501 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; amended to be effective March 1, 2023, 48 TexReg 950