Section 260.003 - Model Standards The executive commissioner shall develop and publish in the Texas Register model standards for the operation of a boarding home facility relating to:
(1) the construction or remodeling of a boarding home facility, including plumbing, heating, lighting, ventilation, and other housing conditions, to ensure the residents' health, safety, comfort, and protection from fire hazard;(2) sanitary and related conditions in a boarding home facility and its surroundings, including insect and rodent control, water supply, sewage disposal, food handling, and general hygiene to ensure the residents' health, safety, and comfort;(3) the reporting and investigation of injuries, incidents, and unusual accidents and the establishment of other policies and procedures necessary to ensure resident health and safety;(4) assistance with self-administering medication;(5) requirements for in-service education of the facility's staff;(6) criminal history record checks; and(7) assessment and periodic monitoring to ensure that a resident:(A) does not require the boarding home facility to provide personal care, nursing, or other services not listed in Section 260.001(2); and(B) is capable of self-administering medication or is aware of what the resident's medications look like and knows when the medications should be taken but requires assistance with self-administering medication.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 260.003
Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Chapter 254 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91, Sec. 27.001(28), eff. 9/1/2011.Redesignated and amended from Health and Safety Code, Section 254.003 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91, Sec. 27.002(6), eff. 9/1/2011.