Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 748 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS
Subchapter I - ADMISSION, SERVICE PLANNING, AND DISCHARGE
Division 2 - EMERGENCY ADMISSION
Section 748.1263 - What constitutes an emergency admission to my operation?

(1) You must place the child within 72 hours;

(2) The child was removed from a situation involving alleged abuse or neglect;

(3) The child is an alleged perpetrator of abuse and cannot be served in the child's current placement due to the child's perpetrating behaviors;

(4) The child displays behavior that is an immediate danger to self or others and cannot function or be served in the child's current setting;

(5) The child was abandoned and after exercising reasonable efforts, the child's identity cannot be immediately determined. You must document the efforts made to obtain information on the child's identity in the child's record;

(6) The child was removed from the child's home or placement, and there is an immediate need to find a residence for the child;

(7) A law enforcement officer released the child to your operation that is licensed to provide emergency care services; or

(8) The child is otherwise without adult care.