Section 32.044 - System Requirements(a) Each voluntary perinatal health care system must have: (1) a coordinating board responsible for ensuring, providing, or coordinating planning access to services, data collection, and provider education;(2) access to appropriate emergency medical services;(3) risk assessment, transport, and transfer protocols for perinatal patients;(4) one or more health care facilities categorized according to perinatal care capabilities using standards adopted by department rule; and(5) documentation of broad-based participation in planning by providers of perinatal services and community representatives throughout the defined geographic region.(b) This subchapter does not prohibit a health care facility from providing services that it is authorized to provide under a license issued to the facility by the department.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 32.044
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 3.0094, eff. 4/2/2015.Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 124, Sec. 7, eff. 9/1/1995.