1. (a) Applicants must submit an application form, provided by the department, which includes the following information:

   1. (1) identification of the geographic area and types of eligible client populations served by the site, along with a brief history of the site's operation;
   2. (2) a description of the types of services offered at the site, clinic hours, annual utilization rates, and number of each type of health professional staffing the site (including information on full-time equivalency);
   3. (3) adequate demonstration that the site meets the criteria in §13.33(a) or (b) of this title (relating to Criteria for Designating Site-MUPs); and
   4. (4) additional information, as determined necessary by the department.
2. (b) After making a determination that a site serves a medically underserved population, the department will notify the applicant in writing and publish notice of the designation in the Texas Register, providing opportunity for public comment. After the public comment period is over, the department will publish notice of any revision to the determination.
3. (c) Change in location of a designated site. A Site-MUP designation remains in effect if an applicant verifies that the new site remains in the original service area and provides the same services and staffing and serves the same populations that were originally used to designate the site under subsection (a)(1) or (2) of this section.
4. (d) If a site is determined ineligible based on the criteria defined in §13.33 of this title, the department will notify the applicant in writing.
5. (e) Applications should be directed to the Health Professions Resource Center, Center for Health Statistics, Department of State Health Services, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756-3199.

Source Note:The provisions of this §13.34 adopted to be effective November 19, 1990, 15 TexReg 6296; amended to be effective June 10, 2001, 26 TexReg 3935; amended to be effective December 4, 2007, 32 TexReg 8827.