Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 27 - CASE MANAGEMENT FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN
Subchapter C - PROVIDER QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Section 27.21 - Case Manager Qualifications
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
An individual shall not be approved to provide Case Management for Children and Pregnant Women unless they meet the following qualifications:
(1) licensed in the State of Texas as a registered nurse (with a bachelor or advanced degree in nursing), whose license is not temporary or provisional in nature; or
(2) licensed in the State of Texas as a registered nurse (with an associate degree in nursing), whose license is not temporary or provisional in nature. The individual must also possess two years of cumulative paid full-time work experience or two years of supervised, full-time educational internship/practicum experience in the past ten years with children, up to age 21, and/or pregnant women. Experience must include assessing the psychosocial and health needs of and making community referrals for these populations; or
(3) licensed in the State of Texas as a social worker with licensure appropriate for his/her practice, including the practice of Independent Social Work, and whose license is not temporary or provisional in nature; and
(4) has completed the department's standardized case management training.