Section 554.1210 - Certification and Recertification Requirements in Medicaid-Certified Facilities(a) A recipient's physician must certify and recertify the recipient's need for nursing facility care in accordance with this section.(b) A recipient's physician must certify the recipient's need for nursing facility care no later than 20 days after the recipient's admission to the facility.(c) A recipient's physician must recertify the recipient's need for nursing facility care every 180 days that the recipient remains in the nursing facility after the first certification.(d) A nursing facility must: (1) ensure that each certification and recertification statement states: "I hereby certify that this resident requires/continues to require nursing facility care for 180 days"; and(2) keep the physician's certification and recertification statements in the recipient's clinical record.26 Tex. Admin. Code § 554.1210
The provisions of this §19.1210 adopted to be effective May 1, 1995, 20 TexReg 2393; amended to be effective July 1, 1996, 21 TexReg 4408; amended to be effective September 1, 2008, 33 TexReg 7264; Entire chapter transferred from Title 40, Pt. 1, Ch. 19 by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 50, December 11, 2020, TexReg 8871, eff. 1/15/2021