A center must adopt and enforce written policies and procedures that specify the center's care practices. The written care policies and procedures must address the following topics, as applicable:
  (1) initial and updated comprehensive assessment;
  (2) pre-admission, admission, placing a minor on hold, transfer, and discharge;
  (3) attendance requirements;
  (4) active play of a minor;
  (5) intravenous services;
  (6) safety of center staff;
  (7) safety of a minor;
  (8) the prevention, detection, and reporting of abuse, neglect, or exploitation;
  (9) nursing procedures relating to the care of a minor;
  (10) psychiatric nursing procedures;
  (11) person-centered direction and guidance;
  (12) restraints;
  (13) parent teaching;
  (14) care planning;
  (15) palliative care and management of a terminal illness;
  (16) performing waived laboratory testing;
  (17) medication administration;
  (18) emergency plans of care; and
  (19) any other care policies relating to the services provided on behalf of a center.

Source Note: The provisions of this §550.801 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