Texas § HS.260.003 - MODEL STANDARDS

§ HS.260.003. MODEL STANDARDS

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. Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Chapter 254 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303 ), Sec. 27.001(28), eff. September 1, 2011. Redesignated and amended from Health and Safety Code, Section 254.003 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303 ), Sec. 27.002(6), eff. September 1, 2011.