(a) Except as provided by subsection (c) of this section, children receiving different types of service may reside in the same living quarters as long as:
  (1) A professional level service provider completes an evaluation of the living quarters for each child that you place in the living quarters; and
  (2) In each evaluation, the professional level service provider ensures that:
    (A) There is no conflict of care with the best interests of any of the children placed in the living quarters;
    (B) Placing the child with different service or treatment needs in the living quarters will not adversely impact the other children in the living quarters;
    (C) The number of children in the living quarters is appropriate at all times based on the needs of all children in the living quarters;
    (D) Caregivers can appropriately supervise all children in the living quarters at all times; and
    (E) You can meet the needs of all children in the living quarters.
(b) If the treatment or service needs of any children in the living quarters changes, the professional level service provider must evaluate the needs of each child in the living quarters to ensure there is no conflict of care.
(c) Children admitted for emergency care services must receive any therapeutic services (such as group therapy or art therapy) separate from children admitted for non-emergency care and must have separate living quarters, such as a separate wing of an operation, or a separate cottage. Children admitted for emergency care services may be combined with children in non-emergency care for meals, recreation, and transportation.

Source Note: The provisions of this §748.1201 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7497; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909