Texas Administrative Code › Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION › Chapter 564 - CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TREATMENT FACILITIES › Subchapter E - FACILITY REQUIREMENTS › Section 564.505 - General Environment

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The facility
				  shall comply with applicable requirements of the Americans with Disabilities
				  Act (ADA). The facility shall maintain documentation that it has conducted a
				  self-inspection to evaluate compliance and implemented a corrective action
				  plan, as necessary, with reasonable time frames to address identified
				  deficiencies.
(b) The facility
				  shall have a certificate of occupancy from the local authority that reflects
				  the current use by the occupant or documentation that the locality does not
				  issue occupancy certificates.
(c)
				  The site, including grounds, buildings, electrical and mechanical systems,
				  appliances, equipment, and furniture shall be structurally sound, in good
				  repair, clean, and free from health and safety hazards.
(d) The facility shall provide a safe, clean,
				  well-lighted and well-maintained environment.
(e) The facility shall have adequate space,
				  furniture, and supplies.
(f) The
				  facility shall have private space for confidential interactions, including all
				  group counseling sessions.
(g) The
				  facility shall prohibit smoking inside facility buildings and vehicles and
				  during structured program activities. If smoking areas are permitted, they
				  shall be clearly marked as designated smoking areas and shall not be less than
				  15 feet from any entrance to any building(s) and comply with local codes and
				  ordinances. Staff shall not provide or facilitate client access to tobacco
				  products.
(h) The facility shall
				  prohibit firearms and other weapons, alcohol, illegal drugs, illegal
				  activities, and violence on the program site or at or during the course of any
				  program activity, except as provided for in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this
				  subsection. The facility shall be responsible for any noncompliance with this
				  subsection.
(1) The facility may allow a
				  clergy member to bring four ounces or less of alcohol on site or to a program
				  activity for purposes of presiding over a religious or spiritual rite, as long
				  as the alcohol remains in the possession, custody, or control of the presiding
				  clergy member at all times while on the program site or at the program
				  activity, is not distributed, and is consumed only by the presiding clergy
				  member, if at all.
(2) The facility
				  shall inform any clergy member bringing alcohol on site or to a program
				  activity under paragraph (1) of this subsection of the requirements of this
				  subsection. The facility shall create and maintain documentation, which shall
				  be available to staff of the Department of State Health Services upon request,
				  reflecting each date and time when alcohol is permitted to be brought onto the
				  program site or to a program activity pursuant to this subsection. The
				  documentation shall include the name, address, and title of the clergy member,
				  and shall document staff verification that the clergy member was
				  self-identified as such, that alcohol was brought on site or to a program
				  activity and that it was thereafter either removed from the site or program
				  activity, or represented by the presiding clergy member to have been personally
				  consumed.