| (a) A DSA must have and implement written policies
and procedures that safeguard an individual against:
(1) infectious and communicable diseases;
(2) conflicts of interest with a service provider,
staff person, volunteer, or controlling person of the DSA;
(3) acts of financial impropriety by a service provider,
staff person, volunteer, or controlling person of the DSA;
(4) abuse, neglect, and exploitation; and
(5) deliberate damage of personal possessions by a
service provider, staff person, volunteer, or controlling person of
the DSA.
(b) A DSA, in accordance with the Community Living Assistance and Support Services
Provider Manual, must report critical incidents to HHSC and
the CMA using the HHSC CLASS/DBMD Notification of Critical Incidents
form.
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