SECTION 554.2752. Qualifications of a Provider of Therapy Services  


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  • A nursing facility must ensure that therapy services are provided to a designated resident by:

    (1) a person who:

    (A) is a speech-language pathologist licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; or

    (B) meets the educational requirements and has accumulated, or is in the process of accumulating, the supervised professional experience required to be licensed as a speech-language pathologist;

    (2) an occupational therapist licensed by the Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners;

    (3) an occupational therapy assistant licensed by the Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners;

    (4) a physical therapist licensed by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners; or

    (5) a physical therapist assistant licensed by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.

Source Note: The provisions of this §554.2752 adopted to be effective September 10, 2017, 42 TexReg 4468; transferred effective January 15, 2021, as published in the Texas Register December 11, 2020, 45 TexReg 8871