A guardianship program should make every effort to provide a guardian or to provide less restrictive alternative services for a potential client as soon as possible. If a potential client cannot be served at the time the services are needed, a guardianship program must consider the degree of risk to a potential client's health, safety, and resources in determining his or her priority on a waiting list. Any assessment of the potential client will include an assessment of the risk to the client of delaying services. A guardianship program will also maintain a policy that will insure that persons on waiting lists are reassessed at frequent intervals in order to reprioritize cases with changed circumstances as needed.

Source Note: The provisions of this §381.359 adopted to be effective November 21, 2002, 27 TexReg 10719