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Texas Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
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TITLE 26. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
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PART 1. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION |
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CHAPTER 558. LICENSING STANDARDS FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES AGENCIES |
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SUBCHAPTER C. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ALL HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES AGENCIES |
| DIVISION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| § 558.201. Applicability |
| § 558.202. Habilitation |
| DIVISION 2. CONDITIONS OF A LICENSE |
| § 558.208. Reporting Changes in Application Information and Fees |
| § 558.210. Agency Operating Hours |
| § 558.211. Display of License |
| § 558.212. License Alteration Prohibited |
| § 558.213. Agency Relocation |
| § 558.214. Notification Procedures for a Change in Agency Contact Information and Operating Hours |
| § 558.215. Notification Procedures for an Agency Name Change |
| § 558.216. Change in Agency Certification Status |
| § 558.217. Agency Closure Procedures and Voluntary Suspension of Operations |
| § 558.218. Agency Organizational Changes |
| § 558.219. Procedures for Adding or Deleting a Category to the License |
| § 558.220. Service Areas |
| § 558.222. Compliance |
| DIVISION 3. AGENCY ADMINISTRATION |
| § 558.241. Management |
| § 558.242. Organizational Structure and Lines of Authority |
| § 558.243. Administrative and Supervisory Responsibilities |
| § 558.244. Administrator Qualifications and Conditions and Supervising Nurse Qualifications |
| § 558.245. Staffing Policies |
| § 558.246. Personnel Records |
| § 558.247. Verification of Employability and Use of Unlicensed Persons |
| § 558.248. Volunteers |
| § 558.249. Self-Reported Incidents of Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation |
| § 558.250. Agency Investigations |
| § 558.251. Peer Review |
| § 558.252. Financial Solvency and Business Records |
| § 558.253. Disclosure of Drug Testing Policy |
| § 558.254. Billing and Insurance Claims |
| § 558.255. Prohibition of Solicitation of Patients |
| § 558.256. Emergency Preparedness Planning and Implementation |
| § 558.257. Medicare Certification Optional |
| § 558.259. Initial Educational Training in Administration of Agencies |
| § 558.260. Continuing Education in Administration of Agencies |
| DIVISION 4. PROVISION AND COORDINATION OF TREATMENT SERVICES |
| § 558.281. Client Care Policies |
| § 558.282. Client Conduct and Responsibility and Client Rights |
| § 558.283. Advance Directives |
| § 558.284. Laboratory Services |
| § 558.285. Infection Control |
| § 558.286. Disposal of Special or Medical Waste |
| § 558.287. Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement |
| § 558.288. Coordination of Services |
| § 558.289. Independent Contractors and Arranged Services |
| § 558.290. Backup Services and After-Hours Care |
| § 558.291. Agency Dissolution |
| § 558.292. Agency and Client Agreement and Disclosure |
| § 558.293. Client List and Services |
| § 558.294. Time Frame(s) for the Initiation of Care or Services |
| § 558.295. Client Transfer or Discharge Notification Requirements |
| § 558.296. Physician Delegation and Performance of Physician-Delegated Tasks |
| § 558.297. Receipt of Physician Orders |
| § 558.298. Delegation of Nursing Tasks by Registered Professional Nurses to Unlicensed Personnel and Tasks Not Requiring Delegation |
| § 558.299. Nursing Education, Licensure and Practice |
| § 558.300. Medication Administration |
| § 558.301. Client Records |
| § 558.302. Pronouncement of Death |
| § 558.303. Standards for Possession of Sterile Water or Saline, Certain Vaccines or Tuberculin, and Certain Dangerous Drugs |
| DIVISION 5. BRANCH OFFICES AND ALTERNATE DELIVERY SITES |
| § 558.321. Standards for Branch Offices |
| § 558.322. Standards for Alternate Delivery Sites |