Section 558.281 - Client Care PoliciesAn 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;(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;(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.26 Tex. Admin. Code § 558.281
The provisions of this §558.281 adopted to be effective February 1, 2002, 26 TexReg 9159; amended to be effective June 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 1455; amended to be effective October 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 6645; Transferred from Title 40, Chapter 97 by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 15, April 12, 2019, TexReg 1893, eff. 5/1/2019; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 15, April 9, 2021, TexReg 2431, eff. 4/25/2021