{"ref":"TX-ETH-01","title":"Prohibition of Solicitation of Patients","category":"Ethics","summary":"No one acting for the Agency may pay, offer, or accept anything of value for referring or securing a client, and no one may pressure, deceive, or induce a person into choosing the Agency. Marketing is truthful, respects a client’s freedom of choice, and never involves gifts to referral sources or clients beyond nominal value.","inShort":["Never pay, offer, or accept money, gifts, or favors for sending a client to us.","Do not give clients or families gifts or favors to get them to choose or stay with Sample Home Care Agency, LLC.","Clients may choose any provider. Never pressure or mislead anyone into signing up.","If anyone offers or asks for anything in return for a referral, tell the office the same day.","Only hand out flyers or information about our services that the office has approved."],"primaryCitation":"26 TAC §558.255","citations":["26 TAC §558.255","26 TAC §558.282","26 TAC §558.292","26 TAC §558.246","Tex. Occ. Code ch. 102","Tex. Hum. Res. Code §36.002","Tex. Occ. Code §102.001"],"federalCitations":["42 U.S.C. §1320a-7b(b)","42 U.S.C. §1320a-7a(a)(5)","42 CFR §1001.952"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me your written policy prohibiting solicitation of patients and the staff acknowledgments.","Do you pay anyone, inside or outside the Agency, for referrals? Show me how marketing staff are compensated."],"forms":[],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (26 TAC §558.255)","5. Procedure","6. Responsibilities","6.1 Staff Training","7. Records","7.1 Compliance Monitoring","8. References","9. Related Documents","10. Approval","11. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"tx-pas","state":"Texas","service":"Home care","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-care-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies does a home care agency need?"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Home Care Agency","legalName":"Sample Home Care Agency, LLC","logo":null}}