Section 550.310 - Nursing Director Responsibilities and Supervision ResponsibilitiesThe center's nursing director's responsibilities must include, but are not limited to:
(1) supervising all aspects of a minor's plan of care to ensure the minor's plan of care is implemented as ordered;(2) supervising all activities of the center's professional nursing staff and direct care staff to ensure compliance with current standards of accepted nursing practice;(3) ensuring compliance with all federal and state laws, rules, and regulations in this chapter;(4) supervising the daily clinical operations of the center;(5) ensuring the documentation of the center's actual, daily, and total census in accordance with § 550.803 of this subchapter (relating to Census) and § 550.410 of this subchapter (relating to Nursing Services Staffing Ratio);(6) ensuring the documentation of the center's staffing ratios in accordance with §559.410 of this subchapter;(7) supervising the implementation of staffing policies to ensure that only qualified staff are hired by the center, including verification of licensure and certification before employment and annually thereafter;(8) ensuring the maintenance of records to support competency of the center's nursing and direct care staff;(9) ensuring the implementation of the center's policies and procedures that establish and support quality care to a minor;(10) providing orientation and in-service training to employees and providers of basic services to promote effective basic services and safety to a minor;(11) performing timely annual performance evaluations for the center's nursing and direct care staff;(12) ensuring participation in regularly scheduled continuing training for the center's nursing and direct care staff; and(13) ensuring that the care at the center promotes effective services and the safety of a minor.26 Tex. Admin. Code § 550.310
The provisions of this §550.310 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; Transferred from Title 40, Chapter 15 by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 15, April 12, 2019, TexReg 1875, eff. 5/1/2019; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 39, September 27, 2024, TexReg 7930, eff. 10/16/2024