Sec. 161.133. INSERVICE TRAINING. (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall require each inpatient mental health facility, treatment facility, or hospital that provides comprehensive medical rehabilitation services to annually provide as a condition of continued licensure a minimum of eight hours of inservice training designed to assist employees and health care professionals associated with the facility in identifying patient abuse or neglect and illegal, unprofessional, or unethical conduct by or in the facility.
(b) The rules must prescribe:
(1) minimum standards for the training program; and
(2) a means for monitoring compliance with the requirement.
(c) The department shall review and the executive commissioner shall modify the rules as necessary not later than the last month of each state fiscal year.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 573, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0475, eff. April 2, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions
Chapter 161 - Public Health Provisions
Subchapter L. Abuse, Neglect, and Unprofessional or Unethical Conduct in Health Care Facilities
Section 161.132. Reports of Abuse and Neglect or of Illegal, Unprofessional, or Unethical Conduct
Section 161.133. Inservice Training
Section 161.134. Retaliation Against Employees Prohibited
Section 161.135. Retaliation Against Nonemployees Prohibited