Pursuant to 40 TAC §97.253(e) every Texas Home Health Agency must have the Administrator designate IN WRITING the person who must provide DADS entry to the agency if the Administrator and Alternate Administrator are not available.
We assume most home health providers have probably done this, but it does not hurt to check to make certain that the person is (1) available and/or (2) employed by the agency.
This is a management responsibility of the Administrator, and should be checked regularly. I suggest you check it at the same time you run the background checks for employees per 40 TAC §97.243(b)(1)(F) (every 12 months) or as often as your compliance program or policies require.
This is a survey requirement, and DADS surveyors will fail you if (1) no one allows the surveyors entrance when they arrive to conduct a survey and/or (2) if you don’t have the designation in writing.
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