Texas Health And Safety Code Title 4, Chapter 244 - Birthing Centers

• Texas Section 244.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Texas Birthing Center Licensing Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
• Texas Section 244.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Birthing center" means a place, facility, or institution at which a woman is scheduled to give birth following a normal, uncomplicated...
• Texas Section 244.003 - License Required
  (a) Except as provided by Section 244.004, a person may not establish or operate a birthing center in this state without an appropriate license issued...
• Texas Section 244.004 - Exemptions From Licensing Requirement
  The following facilities need not be licensed under this chapter: (1) a licensed hospital; (2) a licensed nursing home; or (3) a licensed ambulatory surgical...
• Texas Section 244.005 - License Application And Issuance
  (a) An applicant for a birthing center license must submit an application to the department on a form prescribed by the department. (b) Each application...
• Texas Section 244.006 - Inspections
  (a) The department may inspect a birthing center at reasonable times as necessary to assure compliance with this chapter. (b) If a birthing center's failure...
• Texas Section 244.007 - Fees
  The executive commissioner by rule shall set fees imposed by this chapter in amounts reasonable and necessary to defray the cost of administering this chapter...
• Texas Section 244.009 - Adoption Of Rules
  (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter. (b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules that establish different levels of licenses...
• Texas Section 244.010 - Minimum Standards
  (a) For each level of license of a birthing center, the rules must contain minimum standards for: (1) the qualifications for professional and nonprofessional personnel;...
• Texas Section 244.0105 - Complaints
  A person may file a complaint with the department against a birthing center licensed under this chapter. A person who files a false complaint may...
• Texas Section 244.011 - Denial, Suspension, Probation, Or Revocation Of License
  (a) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a license for: (1) a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or...
• Texas Section 244.0115 - Emergency Suspension
  The department may issue an emergency order to suspend a license issued under this chapter if the department has reasonable cause to believe that the...
• Texas Section 244.012 - Injunction
  (a) The department may petition a district court for a temporary restraining order to restrain a continuing violation of the standards or licensing requirements provided...
• Texas Section 244.013 - Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates Section 244.003(a). (b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. (c) Each...
• Texas Section 244.014 - Civil Penalty
  (a) A person who violates this chapter or who fails to comply with a rule adopted under this chapter is liable for a civil penalty...
• Texas Section 244.015 - Imposition Of Administrative Penalty
  (a) The department may impose an administrative penalty on a person licensed under this chapter who violates this chapter or a rule or order adopted...
• Texas Section 244.016 - Payment And Collection Of Administrative Penalty; Judicial Review
  (a) Within 30 days after the date an order of the department under Section 244.015(k) that imposes an administrative penalty becomes final, the person shall:...

Last modified: September 28, 2016