Texas · Type A facilities — night shift, and whether staff must be awake depends on facility size
For Texas, which rule this is is Type A facilities — night shift, and whether staff must be awake depends on facility size; type of staffing rule is census-banded minimum staff on duty; awake/awake-on-duty requirement is In a large facility, the staff must be immediately available and awake; regulatory citation is 26 Tex. Admin. Code § 553.253, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19; source re-checked 2026-10-11.
- State
- Texas our reading
- Which rule this is
- Type A facilities — night shift, and whether staff must be awake depends on facility size our reading
- Type of staffing rule
- census-banded minimum staff on duty our reading
- Minimum staffing requirement
- Type A facility: Night shift staff in a small facility must be immediately available. In a large facility, the staff must be immediately available and awake. verified
- Awake/awake-on-duty requirement
- In a large facility, the staff must be immediately available and awake. verified
- Regulatory citation
- 26 Tex. Admin. Code § 553.253
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What the source says
(A) Type A facility: Night shift staff in a small facility must be immediately available. In a large facility, the staff must be immediately available and awake.
— law.cornell.edu, retrieved 2026-08-19
Source
- law.cornell.eduhttps://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/texas/26-Tex-Admin-Code-SS-553-253