Texas Statutes
Subchapter B. Perinatal Health Care System
Section 32.044. System Requirements

Sec. 32.044. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. (a) Each voluntary perinatal health care system must have:
(1) a coordinating board responsible for ensuring, providing, or coordinating planning access to services, data collection, and provider education;
(2) access to appropriate emergency medical services;
(3) risk assessment, transport, and transfer protocols for perinatal patients;
(4) one or more health care facilities categorized according to perinatal care capabilities using standards adopted by department rule; and
(5) documentation of broad-based participation in planning by providers of perinatal services and community representatives throughout the defined geographic region.
(b) This subchapter does not prohibit a health care facility from providing services that it is authorized to provide under a license issued to the facility by the department.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 124, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0094, eff. April 2, 2015.

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