SECTION 550.905. Reporting of a Minor's Death  


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  • (a) A center must report to DADS the death of a minor at the center and those minors transferred from the center to a hospital who expire within 24 hours after the transfer.

    (b) A center must submit to the DADS Consumer Rights and Services section a DADS Provider Investigation Incident Report form no later than 10 days after the date a minor dies. A center must complete the DADS Provider Investigation Incident Report form and include the following information:

    (1) name of a deceased minor;

    (2) social security number of a deceased minor;

    (3) date, time, place of death; and

    (4) name and address of a center.

Source Note: The provisions of this §550.905 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