Section 558.855 - Criminal Background Checks(a) In addition to the requirements in § 558.247 of this chapter (relating to Verification of Employability and Use of Unlicensed Persons), a hospice must conduct a criminal history check on all hospice employees and volunteers with direct client contact or access to client records to verify each employee's or volunteer's criminal history report does not include a conviction that bars employment under Texas Health and Safety Code § 250.006, or a conviction that the hospice determines is a contraindication to employment.(b) In addition to the requirements in § 558.289 of this chapter (relating to Independent Contractors and Arranged Services), hospice contracts to provide inpatient care must require that all contracted entities conduct a criminal history check on contracted staff who have direct client contact or access to client records to verify each contract staff's criminal history report does not include a conviction that bars employment under Texas Health and Safety Code § 250.006.26 Tex. Admin. Code § 558.855
The provisions of this §558.855 adopted to be effective October 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 6628; Transferred from Title 40, Chapter 97 by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 15, April 12, 2019, TexReg 1893, eff. 5/1/2019; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 15, April 9, 2021, TexReg 2434, eff. 4/25/2021