(a) On receipt of a written request regarding the applicability
to a specific circumstance of a rule or the requirements for compliance
with the rule, the Department of State Health Services (department)
will provide an official written determination regarding the applicability
of the rule or the requirements for compliance with the rule to the
requestor not later than the 30th day after the date the department
receives the request.
(b) An official determination made under this section
is valid until the rule that is the subject of the determination is
amended by statute or department rule.
(c) In order to ensure the accuracy and applicability
of the determination, all written requests for official determination
should be submitted on a form available from the department and should
be completed in its entirety. The form is available from the department's
website at http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/.
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