1. (a) The chapter's purpose is to implement Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 251 (relating to End Stage Renal Disease Facilities), which requires an end stage renal disease facility providing routine, repetitive, outpatient dialysis to be licensed by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

2. (b) This chapter provides minimum standards for:

   1. (1) equipment used by the facility;
   2. (2) water treatment and reuse;
   3. (3) sanitary and hygienic conditions;
   4. (4) quality assessment and performance improvement;
   5. (5) indicators of quality of care;
   6. (6) provision and coordination of treatment and services;
   7. (7) professional staff qualifications and supervision, including physicians and other personnel;
   8. (8) clinical records, curricula, and instructors used to train dialysis technicians;
   9. (9) competency evaluation of dialysis technicians;
   10. (10) enforcement standards;
   11. (11) fire prevention and safety requirements; and
   12. (12) physical plant and construction requirements.
3. (c) Compliance with this chapter does not constitute release from the requirements of other applicable federal, state, or local laws, codes, standards, rules, regulations, and ordinances. The more stringent standard, code, or requirement shall apply when a difference in requirements exists.

Source Note:The provisions of this §507.1 adopted to be effective December 23, 2025, 50 TexReg 8289.