Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 142.002
License Required

(a)

Except as provided by Section 142.003 (Exemptions from Licensing Requirement), a person, including a health care facility licensed under this code, may not engage in the business of providing home health, hospice, habilitation, or personal assistance services, or represent to the public that the person is a provider of home health, hospice, habilitation, or personal assistance services for pay without a home and community support services agency license authorizing the person to perform those services issued by the department for each place of business from which home health, hospice, habilitation, or personal assistance services are directed. A certified agency must have a license to provide certified home health services.

(b)

A person who is not licensed to provide home health services under this chapter may not indicate or imply that the person is licensed to provide home health services by the use of the words “home health services” or in any other manner.

(c)

A person who is not licensed to provide hospice services under this chapter may not use the word “hospice” in a title or description of a facility, organization, program, service provider, or services or use any other words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying that the person holds a license to provide hospice services under this chapter.

(d)

A license to provide hospice services issued under this chapter authorizes a hospice to own or operate a residential unit or inpatient unit at the licensed site in compliance with the standards and rules adopted under this chapter.

(e)

A license issued under this chapter may not be transferred to another person, but may be transferred from one location to another location. A change of ownership or location shall be reported to the department.

(f)

A person who is not licensed to provide personal assistance services under this chapter may not indicate or imply that the person is licensed to provide personal assistance services by the use of the words “personal assistance services” or in any other manner.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 800, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.194, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 826 (H.B. 4001), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.

Source: Section 142.002 — License Required, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­142.­htm#142.­002 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

142.001
Definitions 142.002
License Required 142.003
Exemptions from Licensing Requirement 142.004
License Application 142.005
Compliance Record in Other States 142.006
License Issuance 142.007
Notice of Drug Testing Policy 142.008
Branch Office 142.009
Surveys 142.010
Fees 142.011
Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of License 142.0011
Scope, Purpose, and Implementation 142.012
Powers and Duties 142.0012
Controlling Person 142.013
Injunction 142.014
Civil Penalty 142.017
Administrative Penalty 142.018
Reports of Abuse, Exploitation, or Neglect 142.019
Certain Physician Referrals Prohibited 142.020
Disposal of Special or Medical Waste 142.021
Administration of Medication 142.022
Exemptions for Nursing Students and Medication Aide Trainees 142.023
Rules for Administration of Medication 142.024
Home Health Medication Aide Training Programs 142.025
Issuance and Renewal of Home Health Medication Aide Permit 142.0025
Temporary License 142.026
Fees for Issuance and Renewal of Home Health Medication Aide Permit 142.027
Violation of Home Health Medication Aide Permits 142.028
Emergency Suspension of Home Health Medication Aide Permits 142.029
Administration of Medication 142.030
Dispensing Dangerous Drugs or Controlled Substances 142.041
Definition 142.042
Policy 142.043
Employee Training 142.044
Authorized Disposal 142.0061
Possession of Sterile Water or Saline 142.0062
Possession of Certain Vaccines or Tuberculin 142.0063
Possession of Certain Dangerous Drugs 142.0065
Display of License 142.0085
Alternate Delivery Site License 142.0091
Training 142.0092
Consumer Complaint Data 142.0093
Retaliation Prohibited 142.0094
Use of Regulatory Survey Reports and Other Documents 142.0095
Investigations of Home and Community Support Services Agencies Providing Hospice Services 142.0104
Change in Application Information 142.0105
License Renewal 142.0145
Violation of Law Relating to Advance Directives 142.0171
Notice 142.0172
Hearing 142.0173
Notice and Payment of Administrative Penalty 142.0174
Use of Administrative Penalty 142.0175
Expenses and Costs for Collection of Civil or Administrative Penalty 142.0201
Registration for Evacuation
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Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 142.002’s source at texas​.gov