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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES |
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Subtitle B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES |
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Chapter 242. CONVALESCENT AND NURSING HOMES AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS |
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Subchapter B. LICENSING, FEES, AND INSPECTIONS |
Sec. 242.036. GRADING
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(a) The board may adopt, publish, and enforce minimum standards relating to the grading of an institution, other than an institution that provides maternity care, in order to recognize those institutions that provide more than the minimum level of services and personnel as established by the board.
(b) An institution that has a superior grade shall prominently display the grade for public view.
(c) As an incentive to attain the superior grade, an institution may advertise its grade, except that it may not advertise a superior grade that has been canceled.
(d) The department may not award a superior grade to an institution that, during the year preceding the grading inspection, violated state or federal law, rules, or regulations relating to:
(1) the health, safety, or welfare of its residents;
(2) resident funds;
(3) the confidentiality of a resident's records;
(4) the financial practices of the institution; or
(5) the control of medication in the institution.
(e) The department shall cancel an institution's superior grade if the institution:
(1) does not meet the criteria established for a superior grade; or
(2) violates a state or federal law, rule, or regulation described by Subsection (d).