Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 550 - LICENSING STANDARDS FOR PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED CARE CENTERS
Subchapter C - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Division 1 - OPERATIONS AND SAFETY PROVISIONS
Section 550.208 - Equipment, Devices, and Supplies

(a) A center, with input from the medical director, must determine the quantity and types including age and developmentally appropriate equipment, devices, and supplies that the center must keep on the premises to meet the needs of minors and for emergency purposes.

(b) The center must coordinate with a minor, a minor's parent, and a minor's prescribing physician and other basic service providers, as applicable, to ensure that equipment, devices, and supplies used by a minor are available to a minor at the center.

(c) The center must ensure the provision of necessary consumable supplies and resources, including diapers, if the center determines, after the minor's arrival at the center, that the minor's parent failed to provide an adequate amount of necessary consumable supplies and resources for the minor.

(d) The center must adopt and enforce written preventive maintenance policies and procedures to ensure the center's equipment, devices, and supplies are inspected for safety purposes and maintained at least annually or more frequently if recommended by the manufacturer. Equipment, devices, and supplies must be maintained free of defects that could pose a potential hazard to a minor or an individual at the center. The staff may perform preventive maintenance if the staff are trained and experienced in maintaining the specific equipment.

(e) The center must adopt and enforce written policies and procedures to ensure equipment used by a minor is cleaned and sanitized after each use.

(f) A center must have clean storage areas for equipment, devices, and supplies.