Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 161.133 — INSERVICE TRAINING

HS § 161.133Title 2. HEALTH · Part H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Ch. 161. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Art. L. ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND UNPROFESSIONAL OR UNETHICAL CONDUCT IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

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(a)The executive commissioner by rule shall require each inpatient mental health facility, treatment facility, or hospital that provides comprehensive medical rehabilitation services to annually provide as a condition of continued licensure a minimum of eight hours of inservice training designed to assist employees and health care professionals associated with the facility in identifying patient abuse or neglect and illegal, unprofessional, or unethical conduct by or in the facility. (a-1) The training required under Subsection (a) may be provided:

(1)in person; or

(2)through a live, interactive, instructor-led, and electronic method that uses synchronous audiovisual interaction between the instructor and employees.

(b)The rules must prescribe:

(1)minimum standards for the training program; and

(2)a means for monitoring compliance with the requirement.

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0475, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 970 (S.B. 437), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.