Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 553 - LICENSING STANDARDS FOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES
Subchapter D - FACILITY CONSTRUCTION
Division 2 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL FACILITIES
Section 553.103 - Site and Location for all Assisted Living Facilities
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Firefighting unit. An assisted living facility must be served by a professional or volunteer firefighting unit and must have a water supply that meets the firefighting unit's requirements and approval.
(b) Correction of hazards. An assisted living facility must correct a site or building condition that HHSC staff identifies to be a fire, health, or physical hazard.
(c) Parking.
(d) Ramps.
(e) Site conditions. An assisted living facility must provide a guardrail, fence, or handrail where a grade makes an abrupt change in level.
(f) Outside grounds. An assisted living facility must ensure that each outside area, grounds, and any adjacent buildings are maintained in good condition and kept free of rubbish, garbage, and untended growth that may constitute a fire or health hazard.
(g) Drainage. An assisted living facility must ensure site grades provide for water drainage away from structures to prevent ponding or standing water at or near a building, unless the ponding or standing water is part of an approved drainage system intended to hold water for a period of time.
(h) 100-year Floodplain. An assisted living facility that applies for an initial license or is initially licensed on or after December 6, 2022, must not be located in a 100-year floodplain, if the facility is located in a county of more than 3.3 million residents.
