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 H - STANDARDS SPECIFIC TO AGENCIES LICENSED TO PROVIDE HOSPICE SERVICES
Division 3 - HOSPICE INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM, CARE PLANNING, AND COORDINATION OF SERVICES
Section 558.820 - Hospice Interdisciplinary Team

(a) A hospice must designate an interdisciplinary team (IDT) composed of persons who work together to meet the physical, medical, psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual needs of a hospice client and family facing terminal illness and bereavement. The IDT members must provide the care and services offered by the hospice and all the members of the IDT must supervise the care and services the hospice provides.

(b) An IDT must include persons who are qualified and competent to practice in the following professional roles:

(c) The hospice must designate an RN who is a member of the client's IDT to provide coordination of care and to ensure continuous assessment of the client's and family's needs and implementation of the interdisciplinary plan of care.

(d) A hospice may have more than one IDT. If the hospice has more than one IDT, the hospice must identify the IDT specifically designated to establish policies governing the day-to-day provision of hospice care and services.