Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 26	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 748	MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS
SUBCHAPTER S	ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATIONS THAT PROVIDE EMERGENCY CARE SERVICES
DIVISION 1	SERVICE MANAGEMENT
RULE §748.4203	What are the additional medical requirements when I admit a child to receive emergency care services?

Each child receiving emergency care services must receive a health screening or EPSDT examination within 72 hours after admission:

(1) A health-care professional must provide the screening examination. The health-care professional does not have to be your employee.

(2) With the exception of EPSDT examinations, the person who does the examination must sign and date the results of the screening examination. You must document the results of the examination in the child's record.

(3) If a child has been in a residential child-care operation and has had a health screening in the last 12 months, the child does not have to have another health screening unless there is reason to believe the child is ill or has been abused.

(4) If the child is coming from a medical setting, you may accept a statement from a licensed health-care professional in place of the examination.

Source Note: The provisions of this §748.4203 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909