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 G - INSPECTIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Section 553.331 - Determinations and Actions (Investigation Findings)
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) HHSC determines if a facility meets HHSC licensing rules, including physical plant and facility operation requirements, by conducting inspections, surveys, investigations, and on-site visits.
(b) HHSC lists violations of licensing rules on a report of contact. The report of contact includes a specific reference to a licensing rule that has been violated.
(c) At the conclusion of an inspection, survey, investigation, or on-site visit, an HHSC surveyor conducts an exit conference to advise the facility of the findings resulting from the inspection, survey, investigation, or on-site visit.
(d) At the exit conference, the surveyor provides a copy of the report of contact described in subsection (b) of this section to the facility.
(e) If, after the initial exit conference, an HHSC surveyor cites an additional licensing rule violation, the surveyor conducts another exit conference regarding the newly identified violations and updates the report of contact with a specific reference to the licensing rule that has been violated.
(f) HHSC provides to the facility a written statement of violations from an inspection, survey, investigation, or on-site visit on HHSC Form 3724 within 10 days after the final exit conference. The statement of violations includes a clear and concise summary in nontechnical language of each licensing rule violation. The statement of violations does not include names of residents or staff, statements that identify a resident, or other prohibited information.
(g) A facility must submit an acceptable plan of correction to the HHSC regional director for the HHSC surveyor within 10 working days after receiving the statement of violations described in subsection (f) of this section. An acceptable plan of correction must address:
