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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 252.001. Purpose - Sec. 252.001. PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to...
Section 252.002. Definitions - Sec. 252.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the...
Section 252.003. Exemptions - Sec. 252.003. EXEMPTIONS. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,...
Section 252.004. Allocated Federal Money - Sec. 252.004. ALLOCATED FEDERAL MONEY. The department may accept and...
Section 252.005. Language Requirements Prohibited - Sec. 252.005. LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS PROHIBITED. A facility may not prohibit...
Section 252.006. Rights of Residents - Sec. 252.006. RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS. Each facility shall implement and...
Section 252.007. Paperwork Reduction Rules - Sec. 252.007. PAPERWORK REDUCTION RULES. (a) The executive commissioner shall...
Section 252.008. Rules Generally - Sec. 252.008. RULES GENERALLY. The executive commissioner shall adopt rules...
Section 252.0085. Restraint and Seclusion - Sec. 252.0085. RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION. A person providing services to...
Section 252.009. Consultation and Coordination - Sec. 252.009. CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION. (a) Whenever possible, the department...
Section 252.010. Change of Administrators; Fee - Sec. 252.010. CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATORS; FEE. A facility that hires...
Section 252.011. Prohibition of Remuneration - Sec. 252.011. PROHIBITION OF REMUNERATION. (a) A facility may not...
Subchapter B. Licensing, Fees, and Inspections
Section 252.031. License Required - Sec. 252.031. LICENSE REQUIRED. A person or governmental unit, acting...
Section 252.0311. Person Ineligible for License - Sec. 252.0311. PERSON INELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE. (a) In this section,...
Section 252.032. License Application - Sec. 252.032. LICENSE APPLICATION. (a) An application for a license...
Section 252.033. Issuance and Renewal of License - Sec. 252.033. ISSUANCE AND RENEWAL OF LICENSE. (a) After receiving...
Section 252.034. License Fees - Sec. 252.034. LICENSE FEES. (a) The executive commissioner by rule...
Section 252.035. Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of License - Sec. 252.035. DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE. (a) The...
Section 252.036. Minimum Standards - Sec. 252.036. MINIMUM STANDARDS. (a) The executive commissioner may adopt...
Section 252.037. Reasonable Time to Comply - Sec. 252.037. REASONABLE TIME TO COMPLY. The executive commissioner by...
Section 252.0375. Early Compliance Review - Sec. 252.0375. EARLY COMPLIANCE REVIEW. (a) The executive commissioner by...
Section 252.038. Fire Safety Requirements - Sec. 252.038. FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. (a) A facility shall comply...
Section 252.039. Posting - Sec. 252.039. POSTING. Each facility shall prominently and conspicuously post...
Section 252.040. Inspections - Sec. 252.040. INSPECTIONS. (a) The department or the department's designee...
Section 252.041. Unannounced Inspections - Sec. 252.041. UNANNOUNCED INSPECTIONS. (a) Each licensing period, the commission...
Section 252.042. Disclosure of Unannounced Inspections; Criminal Penalty - Sec. 252.042. DISCLOSURE OF UNANNOUNCED INSPECTIONS; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) Except...
Section 252.043. Licensing Surveys - Sec. 252.043. LICENSING SURVEYS. The department shall provide a team...
Section 252.044. Reporting Violations - Sec. 252.044. REPORTING VIOLATIONS. (a) The department or the department's...
Subchapter C. General Enforcement
Section 252.061. Emergency Suspension or Closing Order - Sec. 252.061. EMERGENCY SUSPENSION OR CLOSING ORDER. (a) The department...
Section 252.062. Injunction - Sec. 252.062. INJUNCTION. (a) The department may petition a district...
Section 252.063. License Requirements; Criminal Penalty - Sec. 252.063. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits...
Section 252.064. Civil Penalty - Sec. 252.064. CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A person who violates this...
Section 252.065. Administrative Penalty - Sec. 252.065. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a) The commission may assess an...
Section 252.0651. Application of Other Law - Sec. 252.0651. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW. The department may not...
Section 252.066. Notice; Request for Hearing - Sec. 252.066. NOTICE; REQUEST FOR HEARING. (a) If, after investigation...
Section 252.067. Hearing; Order - Sec. 252.067. HEARING; ORDER. (a) If the person notified under...
Section 252.068. Notice and Payment of Administrative Penalty; Judicial Review; Refund - Sec. 252.068. NOTICE AND PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY; JUDICIAL REVIEW;...
Section 252.069. Use of Administrative Penalty - Sec. 252.069. USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. An administrative penalty collected...
Section 252.070. Expenses and Costs for Collection of Civil or Administrative Penalty - Sec. 252.070. EXPENSES AND COSTS FOR COLLECTION OF CIVIL OR...
Section 252.071. Amelioration of Violation - Sec. 252.071. AMELIORATION OF VIOLATION. (a) In lieu of demanding...
Subchapter D. Trustees for Facilities
Section 252.091. Findings and Purpose - Sec. 252.091. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) The legislature finds that,...
Section 252.092. Appointment by Agreement - Sec. 252.092. APPOINTMENT BY AGREEMENT. (a) A person who holds...
Section 252.093. Involuntary Appointment - Sec. 252.093. INVOLUNTARY APPOINTMENT. (a) The department may request the...
Section 252.094. Fee; Release of Money - Sec. 252.094. FEE; RELEASE OF MONEY. (a) A trustee appointed...
Section 252.095. Emergency Assistance Fee - Sec. 252.095. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FEE. (a) In addition to the...
Section 252.096. Reimbursement - Sec. 252.096. REIMBURSEMENT. (a) A facility that receives emergency assistance...
Section 252.097. Notification of Closure - Sec. 252.097. NOTIFICATION OF CLOSURE. (a) A facility that is...
Section 252.098. Criminal Penalty for Failure to Notify - Sec. 252.098. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO NOTIFY. (a) A...
Subchapter E. Investigations of Abuse,
Section 252.121. Authority to Receive Reports and Investigate - Sec. 252.121. AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE REPORTS AND INVESTIGATE. (a) A...
Section 252.122. Notification of Duty to Report Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation - Sec. 252.122. NOTIFICATION OF DUTY TO REPORT ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND...
Section 252.125. Immediate Removal to Protect Resident - Sec. 252.125. IMMEDIATE REMOVAL TO PROTECT RESIDENT. Before the completion...
Section 252.126. Confidentiality; Disclosure of Investigation Report - Sec. 252.126. CONFIDENTIALITY; DISCLOSURE OF INVESTIGATION REPORT. (a) A report,...
Section 252.132. Suit for Retaliation - Sec. 252.132. SUIT FOR RETALIATION. (a) In this section, "employee"...
Section 252.133. Suit for Retaliation Against Volunteer, Resident, or Family Member or Guardian of Resident - Sec. 252.133. SUIT FOR RETALIATION AGAINST VOLUNTEER, RESIDENT, OR FAMILY...
Subchapter F. Medical Care
Section 252.151. Administration of Medication - Sec. 252.151. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION. The executive commissioner shall adopt...
Section 252.152. Required Medical Examination - Sec. 252.152. REQUIRED MEDICAL EXAMINATION. (a) The department shall require...
Subchapter G. Respite Care
Section 252.181. Definitions - Sec. 252.181. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Plan of care"...
Section 252.182. Respite Care - Sec. 252.182. RESPITE CARE. (a) A facility licensed under this...
Section 252.183. Plan of Care - Sec. 252.183. PLAN OF CARE. (a) The facility and the...
Section 252.184. Notification - Sec. 252.184. NOTIFICATION. A facility that offers respite care shall...
Section 252.185. Inspections - Sec. 252.185. INSPECTIONS. The department, at the time of an...
Section 252.186. Suspension - Sec. 252.186. SUSPENSION. (a) The department may require a facility...
Subchapter H. Quality Assurance Fee
Section 252.201. Definition - Sec. 252.201. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "gross receipts" means money...
Section 252.202. Computing Quality Assurance Fee - Sec. 252.202. COMPUTING QUALITY ASSURANCE FEE. (a) A quality assurance...
Section 252.203. Patient Days - Sec. 252.203. PATIENT DAYS. For each calendar day, a facility...
Section 252.204. Reporting and Collection - Sec. 252.204. REPORTING AND COLLECTION. (a) The commission or the...
Section 252.205. Rules; Administrative Penalty - Sec. 252.205. RULES; ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a) The executive commissioner shall...
Section 252.206. Quality Assurance Fund - Sec. 252.206. QUALITY ASSURANCE FUND. (a) The quality assurance fund...
Section 252.207. Reimbursement of Facilities - Sec. 252.207. REIMBURSEMENT OF FACILITIES. (a) Subject to legislative appropriation...
Section 252.208. Invalidity; Federal Funds - Sec. 252.208. INVALIDITY; FEDERAL FUNDS. If any portion of this...