This chapter applies to situations where:
  (1) the client has an acute health condition that is unstable or unpredictable; or
  (2) the client is in an acute care environment where nursing services are continuously provided. Settings include, but are not limited to, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, skilled nursing facilities, clinics, correctional health, private practice physician offices and settings that do not otherwise meet the definition of independent living environment {§225.4(9)}.

Source Note: The provisions of this §224.1 adopted to be effective February 19, 2003, 28 TexReg 1384; amended to be effective January 27, 2015, 40 TexReg 381