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TX Health & Safety Code § 192.029 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 3 - Vital Statistics|Chapter 192 - Birth Records|Subchapter B. Delayed Registration|Section 192.029. Refusal to Sign Affidavit of Personal Knowledge

Sec. 192.029.  REFUSAL TO SIGN AFFIDAVIT OF PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE.  (a) A parent of a person who is seeking a delayed birth certificate under this subchapter shall sign an affidavit of personal knowledge acknowledging that the individual is the parent of the person seeking the delayed birth certificate if: (1)  the person seeking a delayed birth certificate, a managing conservator or guardian of the person, or, if the person is a minor, another person with custody of the minor has requested the person's parent to sign the affidavit of personal knowledge; and(2)  the parent's affidavit of personal knowledge is necessary for the issuance of the birth certificate because the person seeking the delayed birth certificate is unable to provide sufficient alternative documentary evidence as required by Section 192.025.(b)  A parent shall sign an affidavit as described by Subsection (a) not later than the 30th day after the date a request is made as described by Subsection (a)(1).(c)  A person who is a parent of a person seeking a delayed birth certificate and who fails to sign an affidavit of personal knowledge as required by this section:(1)  commits an offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor if the request under Subsection (a)(1) is made on or after the fourth anniversary of the date of birth but before the 15th anniversary of the date of birth; or(2)  commits an offense punishable as a Class A misdemeanor if the request under Subsection (a)(1) is made on or after the 15th anniversary of the date of birth.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1093 (H.B. 2794), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 224.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle A - Financing, Constructing, Regulating, and Inspecting Health Facilities|Chapter 224 - Policy on Vaccine Preventable Diseases|Section 224.001. Definitions

Sec. 224.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Covered individual" means:(A)  an employee of the health care facility;(B)  an individual providing direct patient care under a contract with a health care facility; or(C)  an individual to whom a health care facility has granted privileges to provide direct patient care.(2)  "Health care facility" means:(A)  a facility licensed under Subtitle B, including a hospital as defined by Section 241.003; or(B)  a hospital maintained or operated by this state.(3)  "Regulatory authority" means a state agency that regulates a health care facility under this code.(4)  "Vaccine preventable diseases" means the diseases included in the most current recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7 (S.B. 7), Sec. 8.02, eff. September 28, 2011.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 224.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle A - Financing, Constructing, Regulating, and Inspecting Health Facilities|Chapter 224 - Policy on Vaccine Preventable Diseases|Section 224.002. Vaccine Preventable Diseases Policy Required

Sec. 224.002.  VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES POLICY REQUIRED.  (a)  Each health care facility shall develop and implement a policy to protect its patients from vaccine preventable diseases.(b)  The policy must:(1)  require covered individuals to receive vaccines for the vaccine preventable diseases specified by the facility based on the level of risk the individual presents to patients by the individual's routine and direct exposure to patients;(2)  specify the vaccines a covered individual is required to receive based on the level of risk the individual presents to patients by the individual's routine and direct exposure to patients;(3)  include procedures for verifying whether a covered individual has complied with the policy;(4)  include procedures for a covered individual to be exempt from the required vaccines for the medical conditions identified as contraindications or precautions by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;(5)  for a covered individual who is exempt from the required vaccines, include procedures the individual must follow to protect facility patients from exposure to disease, such as the use of protective medical equipment, such as gloves and masks, based on the level of risk the individual presents to patients by the individual's routine and direct exposure to patients;(6)  prohibit discrimination or retaliatory action against a covered individual who is exempt from the required vaccines for the medical conditions identified as contraindications or precautions by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, except that required use of protective medical equipment, such as gloves and masks, may not be considered retaliatory action for purposes of this subdivision;(7)  require the health care facility to maintain a written or electronic record of each covered individual's compliance with or exemption from the policy; and(8)  include disciplinary actions the health care facility is authorized to take against a covered individual who fails to comply with the policy.(c)  The policy may include procedures for a covered individual to be exempt from the required vaccines based on reasons of conscience, including a religious belief.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7 (S.B. 7), Sec. 8.02, eff. September 28, 2011.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 224.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle A - Financing, Constructing, Regulating, and Inspecting Health Facilities|Chapter 224 - Policy on Vaccine Preventable Diseases|Section 224.003. Disaster Exemption

Sec. 224.003.  DISASTER EXEMPTION.  (a)  In this section, "public health disaster" has the meaning assigned by Section 81.003.(b)  During a public health disaster, a health care facility may prohibit a covered individual who is exempt from the vaccines required in the policy developed by the facility under Section 224.002 from having contact with facility patients.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7 (S.B. 7), Sec. 8.02, eff. September 28, 2011.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 224.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle A - Financing, Constructing, Regulating, and Inspecting Health Facilities|Chapter 224 - Policy on Vaccine Preventable Diseases|Section 224.004. Disciplinary Action

Sec. 224.004.  DISCIPLINARY ACTION.  A health care facility that violates this chapter is subject to an administrative or civil penalty in the same manner, and subject to the same procedures, as if the facility had violated a provision of this code that specifically governs the facility.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7 (S.B. 7), Sec. 8.02, eff. September 28, 2011.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 224.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle A - Financing, Constructing, Regulating, and Inspecting Health Facilities|Chapter 224 - Policy on Vaccine Preventable Diseases|Section 224.005. Rules

Sec. 224.005.  RULES.  The appropriate rulemaking authority for each regulatory authority shall adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7 (S.B. 7), Sec. 8.02, eff. September 28, 2011.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 225.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle A - Financing, Constructing, Regulating, and Inspecting Health Facilities|Chapter 225 - Health Planning and Capital Expenditure Review|Section 225.001. Definitions

Sec. 225.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Capital expenditure" means an expenditure that is not an operation or a maintenance expense under generally accepted accounting principles.(2)  "Health care facility" means a public or private hospital, skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, ambulatory surgical facility, family planning clinic that performs ambulatory surgical procedures, rural or urban health initiative clinic, kidney disease treatment facility, inpatient rehabilitation facility, and any other facility designated a health care facility by federal law.  The term does not include the office of physicians or practitioners of the healing arts practicing individually or in groups.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 225.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle A - Financing, Constructing, Regulating, and Inspecting Health Facilities|Chapter 225 - Health Planning and Capital Expenditure Review|Section 225.002. Federal Law

Sec. 225.002.  FEDERAL LAW.  A reference in this chapter to federal law is a reference to any pertinent federal authority, including:(1)  the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974 (Pub. L. No. 93-641), as amended by the Health Planning and Resources Development Amendments of 1979 (Pub. L. No. 96-79); (2)  Pub. L. Nos. 79-725, 88-164, 89-749, and 92-603;  and(3)  the federal rules and regulations adopted under a law specified by Subdivision (1) or (2).|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 225.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle A - Financing, Constructing, Regulating, and Inspecting Health Facilities|Chapter 225 - Health Planning and Capital Expenditure Review|Section 225.003. Governor's Duties Relating to Health Planning

Sec. 225.003.  GOVERNOR'S DUTIES RELATING TO HEALTH PLANNING.  (a)  The governor, as chief executive and planning officer of this state, may perform the duties and functions assigned to the governor by federal law.(b)  The governor may transfer personnel, equipment, records, obligations, appropriations, functions, and duties of the governor's office to another agency.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 225.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle A - Financing, Constructing, Regulating, and Inspecting Health Facilities|Chapter 225 - Health Planning and Capital Expenditure Review|Section 225.004. Capital Expenditure Review Program

Sec. 225.004.  CAPITAL EXPENDITURE REVIEW PROGRAM.  (a)  The governor by executive order may establish a program to comply with federal law to review capital expenditures made by or on behalf of a health care facility if the governor finds that the program is necessary to prevent the loss of federal funds.(b)  The governor may authorize the program to negotiate an agreement on behalf of the state with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to administer a state capital expenditure review program under Section 1122 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1320a-1), the federal rules and regulations adopted under that Act, or other pertinent federal authority.(c)  If necessary, the governor may use any available funds to implement the program.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 225.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle A - Financing, Constructing, Regulating, and Inspecting Health Facilities|Chapter 225 - Health Planning and Capital Expenditure Review|Section 225.005. Executive Order

Sec. 225.005.  EXECUTIVE ORDER.  (a)  An order issued under Section 225.004(a) must contain the governor's findings, including a brief description of the reason for the findings.(b)  An unrescinded order issued under Section 225.004(a) that has not expired on its own terms expires on September 1 after the next regular legislative session that begins after the date on which the order is issued.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 244.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle B - Licensing of Health Facilities|Chapter 244 - Birthing Centers|Section 244.001. Short Title

Sec. 244.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Texas Birthing Center Licensing Act.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 244.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle B - Licensing of Health Facilities|Chapter 244 - Birthing Centers|Section 244.002. Definitions

Sec. 244.002.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Birthing center" means a place, facility, or institution at which a woman is scheduled to give birth following a normal, uncomplicated pregnancy, but does not include a hospital or the residence of the woman giving birth.(2)  Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(60), eff. April 2, 2015.(3)  "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.(3-a)  "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.(4)  "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, or association.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0678, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1639(60), eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 244.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle B - Licensing of Health Facilities|Chapter 244 - Birthing Centers|Section 244.003. License Required

Sec. 244.003.  LICENSE REQUIRED.  (a)  Except as provided by Section 244.004, a person may not establish or operate a birthing center in this state without an appropriate license issued under this chapter.(b)  Each birthing center must have a separate license.(c)  A license is not transferable or assignable.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 244.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle B - Licensing of Health Facilities|Chapter 244 - Birthing Centers|Section 244.004. Exemptions From Licensing Requirement

Sec. 244.004.  EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSING REQUIREMENT.  The following facilities need not be licensed under this chapter:(1)  a licensed hospital; (2)  a licensed nursing home;  or(3)  a licensed ambulatory surgical center.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 244.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle B - Licensing of Health Facilities|Chapter 244 - Birthing Centers|Section 244.005. License Application and Issuance

Sec. 244.005.  LICENSE APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE.  (a)  An applicant for a birthing center license must submit an application to the department on a form prescribed by the department.(b)  Each application must be accompanied by a nonrefundable license fee in an amount set by the executive commissioner by rule.(c)  The application must contain evidence that the composition of the center's staff meets the standards adopted under this chapter for the level of license for which the application is submitted.(d)  The department shall issue the appropriate license if, after inspection and investigation, it finds that the applicant and the center meet the requirements of this chapter and the standards adopted under this chapter.(e)  The license fee shall be paid every two years on renewal of the license.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0679, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 244.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle B - Licensing of Health Facilities|Chapter 244 - Birthing Centers|Section 244.006. Inspections

Sec. 244.006.  INSPECTIONS.  (a)  The department may inspect a birthing center at reasonable times as necessary to assure compliance with this chapter.(b)  If a birthing center's failure to comply with this chapter creates a serious threat to the health and safety of the public, the department may appoint a monitor for the center to ensure compliance with this chapter.  The birthing center shall be liable for the cost of the monitor.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1265, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 244.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle B - Licensing of Health Facilities|Chapter 244 - Birthing Centers|Section 244.007. Fees

Sec. 244.007.  FEES.  The executive commissioner by rule shall set fees imposed by this chapter in amounts reasonable and necessary to defray the cost of administering this chapter and as prescribed by Section 12.0111.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0680, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 244.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle B - Licensing of Health Facilities|Chapter 244 - Birthing Centers|Section 244.009. Adoption of Rules

Sec. 244.009.  ADOPTION OF RULES.  (a)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter.(b)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules that establish different levels of licenses to operate a birthing center and that provide requirements for the issuance, renewal, denial, suspension, and revocation of each level of license.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0681, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 244.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle B - Licensing of Health Facilities|Chapter 244 - Birthing Centers|Section 244.010. Minimum Standards

Sec. 244.010.  MINIMUM STANDARDS.  (a)  For each level of license of a birthing center, the rules must contain minimum standards for:(1)  the qualifications for professional and nonprofessional personnel;(2)  the supervision of professional and nonprofessional personnel;(3)  the provision and coordination of treatment and services;(4)  the organizational structure, including the lines of authority and the delegation of responsibility;(5)  the keeping of clinical records; and(6)  any other aspect of the operation of a birthing center that the executive commissioner considers necessary to protect the public.(b)  This section does not authorize the executive commissioner to:(1)  establish the qualifications of a licensed practitioner; or(2)  permit a person to provide health care services who is not authorized to provide those services under another state law.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0682, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 244.0105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle B - Licensing of Health Facilities|Chapter 244 - Birthing Centers|Section 244.0105. Complaints

Sec. 244.0105.  COMPLAINTS.  A person may file a complaint with the department against a birthing center licensed under this chapter.  A person who files a false complaint may be prosecuted under the Penal Code.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1265, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 244.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle B - Licensing of Health Facilities|Chapter 244 - Birthing Centers|Section 244.011. Denial, Suspension, Probation, or Revocation of License

Sec. 244.011.  DENIAL, SUSPENSION, PROBATION, OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE.  (a)  The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a license for:(1)  a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter;  or(2)  a history of continuing noncompliance with this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter.(b)  The denial, suspension, or revocation of a license by the department and the appeal from that action are governed by the procedures for a contested case hearing under Chapter 2001, Government Code.(c)  If the department finds that a birthing center is in repeated noncompliance under Subsection (a) but that the noncompliance does not endanger public health and safety, the department may schedule the center for probation rather than suspending or revoking the center's license.  The department shall provide notice to the center of the probation and of the items of noncompliance not later than the 10th day before the date the probation period begins.  The department shall designate a period of not less than 30 days during which the center will remain under probation.  During the probation period, the center must correct the items that were in noncompliance and report the corrections to the department for approval.(d)  The department may suspend or revoke the license of a birthing center that does not correct items that were in noncompliance or that does not comply with the applicable requirements within the applicable probation period.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(49), eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1265, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 802, Sec. 5, 6, eff. June 20, 2003.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 244.0115 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle B - Licensing of Health Facilities|Chapter 244 - Birthing Centers|Section 244.0115. Emergency Suspension

Sec. 244.0115.  EMERGENCY SUSPENSION.  The department may issue an emergency order to suspend a license issued under this chapter if the department has reasonable cause to believe that the conduct of a license holder creates an immediate danger to the public health and safety.  On written request of the license holder, the department shall conduct a hearing not earlier than the seventh day or later than the 10th day after the date the notice of the emergency suspension is sent to the license holder to determine if the emergency suspension is to take effect, to be modified, or to be rescinded.  The hearing and any appeal are governed by the department's rules for a contested case hearing and Chapter 2001, Government Code.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1265, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 244.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle B - Licensing of Health Facilities|Chapter 244 - Birthing Centers|Section 244.012. Injunction

Sec. 244.012.  INJUNCTION.  (a)  The department may petition a district court for a temporary restraining order to restrain a continuing violation of the standards or licensing requirements provided under this chapter if the department finds that the violation creates an immediate threat to the health and safety of the patients of a birthing center.(b)  A district court, on petition of the department and on a finding by the court that a person is violating the standards or licensing requirements provided under this chapter, may by injunction:(1)  prohibit a person from continuing a violation of the standards or licensing requirements provided under this chapter; (2)  restrain or prevent the establishment or operation of a birthing center without a license issued under this chapter;  or(3)  grant any other injunctive relief warranted by the facts.(c)  The attorney general shall institute and conduct a suit authorized by this section at the request of the department.(d)  Venue for a suit brought under this section is in the county in which the birthing center is located or in Travis County.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|