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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 503 - BIRTHING CENTERS
SUBCHAPTER D - OPERATIONAL AND CLINICAL STANDARDS FOR THE PROVISION AND COORDINATION OF TREATMENT AND SERVICES
SECTION/RULE §503.46 - Physician Consultant Procedures

(a) A center shall adopt, implement, and enforce written procedures for consultation with physicians for clients who develop medical complications.(b) A physician consultant shall be a Texas licensed physician, preferably who practices obstetrics and/or pediatrics, and who is readily available by telephone or who is able to be present in the center or hospital to deliver emergency care.

Source Note: The provisions of this §503.46 adopted to be effective December 2, 2007, 32 TexReg 8507; transferred effective November 29, 2024, as published in the November 8, 2024, issue of the Texas Register, 49 TexReg 9022.

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