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TITLE 25HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 133HOSPITAL LICENSING
SUBCHAPTER LCENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR FETAL DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY
RULE §133.225Program Requirements

  (1) The committee shall include medical and nursing personnel with maternal-fetal knowledge and expertise, ethicists, genetic counselors, and non-medical patient advocates, as appropriate for the proposed study.

  (2) The chair of the committee shall have an independent objective view of the proposed intervention.

  (3) The members of the committee may or may not be directly involved with the CEFDT, but shall not be directly involved in the proposed innovation.

  (4) The committee decisions shall be independent and without conflict of interest, either due to direct care of the patient or by affiliation or financial gain.

  (5) Documentation of in-depth discussions and actions implemented will be maintained by the CEFDT.

  (6) All non-standard fetal interventions shall have formal approval by the committee prior to the intervention.

  (7) The committee has the final authority to approve or disapprove the innovative intervention.

(q) The CEFDT shall provide a monthly multidisciplinary conference, involving CEFDT medical staff, nurses, ethicists, and ancillary staff, to discuss the options for prenatal and postnatal management of fetal anomalies and other conditions. Emergent fetal interventions performed prior to the conference will be discussed at the next monthly meeting after the procedure. The facility shall maintain documentation of meetings, in depth discussion of the options, and plan for management for all fetal therapy patients.


Source Note: The provisions of this §133.225 adopted to be effective March 1, 2018, 43 TexReg 887

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