SECTION 550.801. Care Policies

A center must adopt and enforce written policies and procedures that specify the center's care practices. The written care policies and procedures must address the following topics, as applicable:

(1) initial and updated comprehensive assessment;

(2) pre-admission, admission, placing a minor on hold, transfer, and discharge;

(3) attendance requirements;

(4) active play of a minor;

(5) intravenous services;

(6) safety of center staff;

(7) safety of a minor;

(8) the prevention, detection, and reporting of abuse, neglect, or exploitation;

(9) nursing procedures relating to the care of a minor;

(10) psychiatric nursing procedures;

(11) person-centered direction and guidance;

(12) restraints;

(13) parent teaching;

(14) care planning;

(15) palliative care and management of a terminal illness;

(16) performing waived laboratory testing;

(17) medication administration;

(18) emergency plans of care; and

(19) any other care policies relating to the services provided on behalf of a center.

Source Note: The provisions of this §550.801 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875