(a) A center must ensure nursing services are provided based on the needs of a minor, in accordance with a minor's plan of care and as ordered by a minor's prescribing physician.
(b) A center's nursing director or designee must participate in pre-admission planning along with other appropriate nursing staff.
(c) The center's nursing director is responsible for:
  (1) ensuring the implementation of the nursing care plan;
  (2) monitoring and documenting the care and treatment according to a minor's plan of care;
  (3) ensuring that nurses providing services at the center participate in interdisciplinary team meetings regarding a minor's progress towards goals;
  (4) ensuring the maintenance of a minor's medical record in accordance with the center's policies and procedures; and
  (5) ensuring a minor's parent is instructed on how to provide the necessary care and treatment in the home.

Source Note: The provisions of this §550.503 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875