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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 749MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER OFOSTER HOMES: HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, ENVIRONMENT, SPACE AND EQUIPMENT
DIVISION 5NUTRITION AND FOOD PREPARATION
RULE §749.3073What are the nutrition requirements for a child with primary medical needs?
(a) Caregivers must feed a child with primary medical needs according to his medical and developmental needs.

(b) A licensed physician must prescribe tube feeding. A dietician or physician must plan the diet that the physician prescribes.

(c) Children must eat in an upright position unless the service planning team's recommendations are to the contrary.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.3073 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909

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