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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 749 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER O - FOSTER HOMES: HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, ENVIRONMENT, SPACE AND EQUIPMENT
SECTION/RULE §749.3073 - What are the nutrition requirements for a child with primary medical needs?
Chapter Review Date 06/19/2024

(a) Caregivers must feed a child with primary medical needs according to his medical and developmental needs.(b) A licensed physician must prescribe tube feeding. A dietician or physician must plan the diet that the physician prescribes.(c) Children must eat in an upright position unless the service planning team's recommendations are to the contrary.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.3073 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909.

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