(a) Each voluntary perinatal health care system must have:
(1) a coordinating board responsible for ensuring, providing, or coordinating planning access to services, data collection, and provider education;
(2) access to appropriate emergency medical services;
(3) risk assessment, transport, and transfer protocols for perinatal patients;
(4) one or more health care facilities categorized according to perinatal care capabilities using standards adopted by department rule; and
(5) documentation of broad-based participation in planning by providers of perinatal services and community representatives throughout the defined geographic region.
(b) This subchapter does not prohibit a health care facility from providing services that it is authorized to provide under a license issued to the facility by the department.

Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 32.044