Sec. 248.026. DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER. (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter. The rules must establish minimum standards for special care facilities relating to:

(1) the issuance, renewal, denial, suspension, and revocation of the license required by this chapter;

(2) the qualifications, duties, and supervision of professional and nonprofessional personnel and volunteers;

(3) residents' rights;

(4) medical and nursing care and services provided by a license holder;

(5) the organizational structure, lines of authority, delegation of responsibility, and operation of a special care facility;

(6) records of care and services kept by the license holder, including the disposal or destruction of those records;

(7) safety, fire prevention, and sanitary provisions;

(8) transfer of residents in a medically appropriate manner from or to a special care facility;

(9) construction plan approval and inspection; and

(10) any aspects of a special care facility as necessary to protect the public or residents of the facility.

(b) Subsection (a) does not authorize the executive commissioner to establish the qualifications of licensed health care providers or permit the executive commissioner to authorize persons to provide health care services who are not authorized to provide those services under other state law.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 115, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0732, eff. April 2, 2015.