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Minimum standards for special hospital licensing procedures; fees; operational requirements; inspection and investigation procedures; construction; fire prevention and safety requirements; license denial, probation, suspension and revocation.

Licensing and regulation information for General Hospital Providers in Texas.

Certificate of Public Advantage grants merging hospitals immunity from federal and state antitrust laws. HHSC reviews and approves or denies COPA applications and supervises the activities for which a COPA is issued.

Texas Health Care Facility Emergency Preparedness and Response reporting requirements

A chemical dependency treatment facility may be any facility that offers treatment for persons with chemical dependency. HHSC develops rules that establish minimum standards for chemical dependency treatment facility licensing procedures and registration procedures.

A special care facility is an establishment that provides a continuum of nursing or medical care or services primarily to persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or other terminal illnesses. A special care facility may also include special residential care facilities.

A Rural Health Clinic is a clinic located in a rural area designated as a shortage area. It may not exist as a rehabilitation agency or function primarily as a care and treatment facility for mental diseases.

Portable X-Ray Services must meet requirements of the federal Medicare Program and are not state licensed nor are they accredited.

Narcotic treatment programs, also known as Opioid Treatment Programs or Opioid Treatment Centers, are specialized medical clinics that provide medications and behavioral health therapies to treat patients with a narcotic or opioid dependency. Patients are prescribed maintenance or medically supervised withdrawal doses of methadone or buprenorphine.

HHSC is responsible for developing rules that establish minimum standards for licensing procedures, operational requirements, standards for voluntary agreements, enforcement procedures, fire prevention and safety requirements, and physical plant and construction requirements for private psychiatric hospitals and crisis stabilization units.

This content explains the duties of the Panel, the purpose of the guidelines and use of the consent forms, and to address some of the frequently asked questions

The Texas Medical Disclosure Panel determine which risks and hazards related to medical care and surgical procedures must be disclosed by health care providers or physicians to their patients or persons authorized to consent for their patients, and to establish the general form and substance of such disclosure.

Licensure and regulatory information for Freestanding emergency medical care facilities

Licensure information for End Stage Renal Disease Facilities

Information for laboratories to comply with the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988.