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 6 - HOSPICE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF SERVICES
Section 558.855 - Criminal Background Checks
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) In addition to the requirements in § 558.247 of this chapter (relating to Verification of Employability and Use of Unlicensed Persons), a hospice must conduct a criminal history check on all hospice employees and volunteers with direct client contact or access to client records to verify each employee's or volunteer's criminal history report does not include a conviction that bars employment under Texas Health and Safety Code § 250.006, or a conviction that the hospice determines is a contraindication to employment.
(b) In addition to the requirements in § 558.289 of this chapter (relating to Independent Contractors and Arranged Services), hospice contracts to provide inpatient care must require that all contracted entities conduct a criminal history check on contracted staff who have direct client contact or access to client records to verify each contract staff's criminal history report does not include a conviction that bars employment under Texas Health and Safety Code § 250.006.
