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 550.602 - Pre-admission Conference
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) If a minor meets the criteria for admission into a center as described in § 550.601 of this division (relating to Admission Criteria), the medical or nursing director must contact the minor's prescribing physician to schedule a pre-admission conference before the minor receives services at the center.
(b) If a minor is hospitalized at the time of referral to a center, the pre-admission conference must include the minor's parent, the minor, the minor's prescribing physician, center staff, relevant hospital staff, including medical, nursing, social services, and developmental staff, and any other individuals requested by the adult minor or the minor's parent, to begin developing the plan of care.
(c) If a minor is not hospitalized at the time of referral to a center, the pre-admission conference must include the minor's parent, the minor, the minor's prescribing physician, center staff, and any other individuals requested by the adult minor or the minor's parent to begin developing the plan of care.
(d) A center must schedule a pre-admission conference no later than three days after receipt of the referral. The pre-admission conference must address a minor's:
