(a) A center may admit a minor if:
  (1) the minor's prescribing physician, in consultation with the minor's parent and the minor, recommends admission to a center, taking into consideration the medical, nursing, psychosocial, therapeutic, nutritional, dietary, functional, education and development needs of the minor in addition to the emotional, psychosocial, and environmental factors;
  (2) the minor's prescribing physician issues a prescription ordering care at a center;
  (3) the minor is stable for outpatient medical services and requires ongoing nursing care and other basic services;
  (4) the adult minor or the minor's parent signs a written agreement and disclosure form consenting to the minor's admission to a center; and
  (5) the admission is voluntary.
(b) The center must ensure that its admission criteria are in accordance with §15.211 of this subchapter (relating to Infection Prevention and Control Program and Vaccinations Requirements).

Source Note: The provisions of this §550.601 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