26 Tex. Admin. Code § 930.11 - Temporary Suspension of Essential Caregiver Visits
(a) Each state hospital may petition the
state hospital associate commissioner or the state hospital associate
commissioner's designee to suspend in-person essential caregiver visitation if
in-person visitation poses a serious community health risk.
(1) The state hospital associate commissioner
or designee may only approve a suspension for up to seven calendar
days.
(2) State hospitals must
request each suspension separately.
(3) The state hospital associate commissioner
may deny the state hospital request if HHSC determines that in-person
visitation does not pose a serious community health risk.
(b) Each state hospital may petition the
state hospital associate commissioner or the state hospital associate
commissioner's designee to extend a suspension of in-person essential caregiver
visitation for more than seven calendar days if in-person visitation continues
to pose a serious community health risk.
(1)
The state hospital associate commissioner or designee may only approve an
extension for up to seven calendar days.
(2) State hospitals must request each
extension separately.
(3) The state
hospital associate commissioner may deny the state hospital request if HHSC
determines that in-person visitation does not pose a serious community health
risk.
(c) A state
hospital may not suspend in-person essential caregiver visitation in the 12
months from the date of the initial suspension for a period that:
(1) is more than 14 consecutive calendar
days; or
(2) is more than a total
of 45 calendar days.
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