SECTION 558.855. Criminal Background Checks

(a) In addition to the requirements in §558.247 of this chapter (relating to Verification of Employability and Use of Unlicensed Persons), a hospice must conduct a criminal history check on all hospice employees and volunteers with direct client contact or access to client records to verify each employee's or volunteer's criminal history report does not include a conviction that bars employment under Texas Health and Safety Code §250.006, or a conviction that the hospice determines is a contraindication to employment.

(b) In addition to the requirements in §558.289 of this chapter (relating to Independent Contractors and Arranged Services), hospice contracts to provide inpatient care must require that all contracted entities conduct a criminal history check on contracted staff who have direct client contact or access to client records to verify each contract staff's criminal history report does not include a conviction that bars employment under Texas Health and Safety Code §250.006.

Source Note: The provisions of this §558.855 adopted to be effective October 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 6628; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the April 12, 2019 issue of the Texas Register, 44 TexReg 1893; amended to be effective April 25, 2021, 46 TexReg 2427