Texas · Type B facilities — night shift staff must be awake whatever the size of the facility
For Texas, which rule this is is Type B facilities — night shift staff must be awake whatever the size of the facility; type of staffing rule is flat presence requirement; minimum staffing requirement is Type B facility: Night shift staff must be immediately available and awake, regardless of the number of licensed beds; awake/awake-on-duty requirement is Night shift staff must be immediately available and awake, regardless of the number of licensed beds; 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 B facilities — night shift staff must be awake whatever the size of the facility our reading
- Type of staffing rule
- flat presence requirement our reading
- Minimum staffing requirement
- Type B facility: Night shift staff must be immediately available and awake, regardless of the number of licensed beds. verified
- Awake/awake-on-duty requirement
- Night shift staff must be immediately available and awake, regardless of the number of licensed beds. verified
- Regulatory citation
- 26 Tex. Admin. Code § 553.253
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What the source says
(B) Type B facility: Night shift staff must be immediately available and awake, regardless of the number of licensed beds.
— law.cornell.edu, retrieved 2026-08-19
Source
- law.cornell.eduhttps://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/texas/26-Tex-Admin-Code-SS-553-253