Licensing Surveys

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.043, under Intermediate Care Facilities For Individuals With An Intellectual Disability.

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.043

Sec. 252.043. LICENSING SURVEYS. The department shall provide a team to conduct surveys to validate findings of licensing surveys. The purpose of a validation survey is to assure that survey teams throughout the state survey in a fair and consistent manner. A facility subjected to a validation survey must correct deficiencies cited by the validation team but is not subject to punitive action for those deficiencies. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 693, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.