Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 558 - LICENSING STANDARDS FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES AGENCIES
Subchapter C - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ALL HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES AGENCIES
Division 4 - PROVISION AND COORDINATION OF TREATMENT SERVICES
Section 558.281 - Client Care Policies
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
An agency must adopt and enforce a written policy that specifies the agency's client care practices. The written policy must include the following elements if covered under the scope of services provided by the agency:
(1) initial assessment, reassessment;
(2) start of care, placing services on hold, transfer, and discharge;
(3) intravenous services;
(4) care of the pediatric client;
(5) triaging clients in the event of disaster;
(6) how to handle emergencies in the home;
(7) safety of staff;
(8) procedures the staff will perform for clients, such as dressing changes, Foley catheter changes, wound irrigation, administration of medication;
(9) psychiatric nursing procedures;
(10) patient and caregiver teaching relating to disease process/procedures;
(11) care planning;
(12) care of a client who has a terminal illness or a terminal prognosis;
(13) receiving physician orders;
(14) performing waived testing;
(15) medication monitoring; and
(16) anything else pertaining to client care.
