Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 242.154 — NURSING SERVICES
HS § 242.154Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 242. CONVALESCENT AND NURSING FACILITIES AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS · Art. F. MEDICAL, NURSING, AND DENTAL SERVICES OTHER THAN ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION
Statute text
View on source(a)An institution shall provide the nursing care required to allow each resident to achieve and maintain the highest possible degree of function and independence medically possible.
(b)The institution shall maintain sufficient staff to provide nursing and related services:
(1)in accordance with each resident's plan of care; and
(2)to obtain and maintain the physical, mental, and psychosocial functions of each resident at the highest practicable level, as determined by the resident's assessment and plan of care.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1159, Sec. 1.30, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.