Emergency rule amending 22 TAC § 190.8(2)(U): Notice and Compliance Requirements Concerning COVID-19 Minimum Standards of Safe Practice (press release of Apr. 30, 2020 quoting the rule)

The record

Jurisdiction

Texas Medical Board; State level · Texas

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

Tex. Occ. Code § 153.001; Tex. Gov't Code § 2001.034; Executive Order GA-19

Issued

2020-04-30 Apr. 30, 2020

Effective

2020-05-01 at 12:00 a.m. (read as 2020-05-01)

End

Emergency rule under Tex. Gov't Code § 2001.034 (120 days from May 1, 2020, extendable 60 days); listed as in force on the Board's page captured July 3, 2020 (Ex. 050); its later readoption or lapse was not verified (read as 2020-09-30)

In force

May 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules

Addressees

• all physicians providing in-person patient care
• medical and health care practices, offices and facilities other than hospitals (posting requirement)

Functions reached

• CL clinical intake and waiting room (universal masking; screening of every patient before every encounter)
• PR procedures (N95 and face shields for aerosol-generating procedures)
• IC infection control (posted notice; screening policies)
• SC PPE
• FD front desk (screening)
• CB patients

Collection

State health licensing boards AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS

Operative words

(U) Notice and Compliance Requirements Concerning COVID-19 Minimum Standards of Safe Practice (i) All physicians providing patient care or engaging in an in-person patient encounter, must implement the following minimum COVID-19 standards of safe practice. (I) a mask must be worn by both the patient and physician or the physician's delegate when in proximity of the patient (meaning less than a 6-foot distance between the patient and the physician or the physician's delegate); (II) follow policies the physician, medical and healthcare practice, or facility has in place regarding COVID-19 screening and testing and/or screening patients; (III) that, before any encounter, patients must be screened for potential symptoms of COVID-19 or verified previously screened within last 20 days; and (IV) that prior to care involving a medical procedure or surgery on the mucous membranes, including the respiratory tract, with a high risk of aerosol transmission, the minimum safety equipment used by a physician or physician's delegate should include N95 masks, or an equivalent protection from aerosolized particles, and face shields. (ii) All physicians providing patient care... other than hospitals as defined under Chapter 241 of the Texas Health & Safety Code, shall post a COVID-19 Minimum Standards of Safe Practice Notice (COVID-19 Notice)... in each public area and treatment room or area of the office, practice, or facility.

Enforcement

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