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 5 - ADMISSION CRITERIA, CONFERENCE, ASSESSMENT, INTERDISCIPLINARY PLAN OF CARE, AND DISCHARGE OR TRANSFER
Section 550.601 - Admission Criteria

(1) the minor's prescribing physician, in consultation with the minor's parent and the minor, recommends admission to a center, taking into consideration the medical, nursing, psychosocial, therapeutic, nutritional, dietary, functional, education and development needs of the minor in addition to the emotional, psychosocial, and environmental factors;

(2) the minor's prescribing physician issues a prescription ordering care at a center;

(3) the minor is stable for outpatient medical services and requires ongoing nursing care and other basic services;

(4) the adult minor or the minor's parent signs a written agreement and disclosure form consenting to the minor's admission to a center; and

(5) the admission is voluntary.