{"ref":"TX-PAS-01","title":"Standards Specific to Personal Assistance Services","category":"Service delivery","summary":"Defines the personal assistance services the Agency may provide under its license, the tasks its attendants may and may not perform, how the individualized service plan is developed and reviewed, and how attendants are qualified and supervised.","inShort":["Do only the tasks on the client’s service plan.","Help with medicine only the way the plan allows; never decide the dose, and never do wound care beyond simple first aid.","Do a health-related task only after your supervisor confirms the paperwork is on file and you are trained for that client.","Record every visit: your time in and out and the tasks you did.","Tell your supervisor the same day about any new task request, change in the client’s condition, or safety concern."],"primaryCitation":"26 TAC §558.404","citations":["26 TAC §558.404","26 TAC §558.281","26 TAC §558.288","26 TAC §558.298","26 TAC §558.301","Tex. Health & Safety Code §142.001","22 TAC ch. 225"],"federalCitations":[],"surveyorAsks":["What services do you provide under your PAS license, and what do you refuse?","Show me a service plan and the supervisory visits recorded against it."],"forms":[],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (26 TAC §558.404)","5. The Individualized Service Plan","6. Attendant Qualifications, Training, and Competency","7. Supervision","8. Procedure","9. Responsibilities","9.1 Staff Training","10. Records","10.1 Compliance Monitoring","11. References","12. Related Documents","13. Approval","14. Revision History"],"version":"1.1","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}}