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(3) Safety glass shall be used on clear glass windows and doors that are within thirty-two inches above floor level and that are accessible to children. Decals shall be applied to all glass or sliding patio doors and placed at eye level of the children being cared for at the group child care home. (4) Lighting. (a) Rooms, hallways, interior stairs, outside steps, outside doorways, porches, ramps and fire escapes shall be lighted. (b) At least twenty foot candles of light shall be required on all work surfaces in food preparation, equipment washing, utensil washing, hand-washing areas, and toilet rooms. (c) Adequate, safe lighting for individual activities, for corridors, and for bathrooms shall be provided. (5) Environmental hazards. (a) Safety barriers shall be placed around all heating and cooling sources, such as hot water pipes, fixed space heaters, wood- and coal-burning stoves, hot water heaters, and radiators, that are accessible to children to prevent accidents or injuries upon contact by the child. (b) Knives, lighters, matches, projectile toys, tobacco products, microwave ovens and other items that could be hazardous to children shall not be accessible to children. (c) To prevent lead poisoning in children, group child care homes shall meet applicable lead base paint requirements, as established by DHEC. (d) Floors, walls, ceilings, windows, doors and other surfaces shall be free from hazards such as peeling paint, broken or loose parts, loose or torn flooring or carpeting, pinch and crush points, sharp edges, splinters, exposed bolts and openings that could cause head or limb entrapment. (e) The use of sinks, equipment and utensil-washing sinks, or food preparation sinks for the cleaning of garbage and refuse containers and the cleaning of mops or similar wet floor cleaning tools and for the disposal of mop water or similar liquid waters is prohibited. (f) Children shall not be present in the area during construction or remodeling and not in the immediate area during cleaning or in such a manner as not to create a condition that might result in an accident or cause harm to the health and safety of the children. (g) Microwave ovens shall be inaccessible to children. (h) The following items shall be secured or inaccessible to children for whom they are not age appropriate: (i) Items that may cause strangulation such as blind cords, plastic bags, necklaces, and drawstrings on clothing and string; (ii) Items that may cause suffocation such as sand, beanbag chairs, pillows, soft bedding, and stuffed animals; and (iii) Items that may cause choking such as materials smaller than 1 1⁄4 inch in diameter, items with removable parts smaller than 1 1⁄4 inch in diameter, Styrofoam objects and latex balloons. (6) Water supply. (a) The water supply shall meet applicable requirements for water quality and testing in accordance with DHEC. (b) The group child care home shall have hot and cold water under pressure. (Forty PSI recommended.) If an individual private well water supply is used, the operator shall obtain approval pursuant to DHEC to ensure safe location, construction, and proper maintenance and operation of the system. (c) The hot water supply shall meet applicable requirements of DHEC. (d) Safe drinking water shall be available to children at all times and there shall be no use of common drinking cups. (e) If a water fountain is available, it shall be of an angle-jet design, maintained in good repair and kept sanitary. There shall be no possibility of mouth or nose submersion. (f) Ice used for any purpose shall be made from water from an approved source. The ice shall be handled and stored in a sanitary manner.