Texas Health And Safety Code Title 4, Chapter 254 - Freestanding Emergency Medical Care Facilities

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

SUBCHAPTER B LICENSING

• Texas Section 254.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services. (2) "Emergency care" has the meaning assigned by Sections 843.002 and 1301.155, Insurance...
• Texas Section 254.051 - License Required
  (a) Except as provided by Section 254.052, a person may not establish or operate a freestanding emergency medical care facility in this state without a...
• Texas Section 254.052 - Exemptions From Licensing Requirement
  The following facilities are not required to be licensed under this chapter: (1) an office or clinic owned and operated by a manufacturing facility solely...

SUBCHAPTER C EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 254.053 - License Application And Issuance
  (a) An applicant for a license under this chapter must submit an application to the department on a form prescribed by the department. (b) Each...
• Texas Section 254.101 - Adoption Of Rules
  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter, including requirements for the issuance, renewal, denial, suspension, and revocation of a license to...
• Texas Section 254.102 - 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 254.103 - Inspections
  The department may inspect a facility at reasonable times as necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch....

SUBCHAPTER D REGULATION OF FACILITIES

• Texas Section 254.104 - Freestanding Emergency Medical Care Facility Licensing Fund
  All fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the freestanding emergency medical care facility licensing fund...
• Texas Section 254.151 - Minimum Standards
  (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter, including minimum standards for: (1) the construction and design of the facility, including...
• Texas Section 254.153 - Facility Care Requirements
  (a) A facility shall provide to each facility patient, without regard to the individual's ability to pay, an appropriate medical screening, examination, and stabilization within...
• Texas Section 254.154 - Complaints
  A person may file a complaint with the department against a facility licensed under this chapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1273...

SUBCHAPTER E ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

• Texas Section 254.155 - Notice Of Fees
  (a) A facility shall post notice that states: (1) that the facility is a freestanding emergency medical care facility; (2) that the facility charges rates...
• Texas Section 254.201 - Denial, Suspension, Probation, Or Revocation Of License
  (a) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a license for a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter. (b) The...
• Texas Section 254.202 - Emergency Suspension
  (a) The department may issue an emergency order to suspend a license issued under this chapter if the department has reasonable cause to believe that...
• Texas Section 254.203 - 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 254.204 - Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates Section 254.051. (b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. (c) Each...
• Texas Section 254.205 - 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 254.206 - Payment And Collection Of Administrative Penalty; Judicial Review
  (a) Within 30 days after the date an order of the department under Section 254.205(k) that imposes an administrative penalty becomes final, the person shall:...

Last modified: September 28, 2016