26 Tex. Admin. Code § 509.52 - Respiratory Services
(a) The facility
shall meet the respiratory needs of the patients in accordance with acceptable
standards of practice.
(b) The
facility shall adopt, implement, and enforce policies and procedures that
describe the provision of respiratory care services in the facility.
(c) The organization of the respiratory care
services shall be appropriate to the scope and complexity of the services
offered.
(d) Personnel qualified to
perform specific procedures and the amount of supervision required for
personnel to carry out specific procedures shall be designated in
writing.
(e) If blood gases or
other clinical laboratory tests are performed, staff shall comply with Clinical
Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 in accordance with the requirements
specified in Code of Federal Regulations, Title 42, Part 493 (relating to
Laboratory Services).
(f)
Respiratory services shall be provided only on, and in accordance with, the
orders of a physician, or other practitioner practicing within the scope of
their license.
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