1. (a) Each resident shall be provided suitable, clean bedding, including one sheet, a pillow, a pillowcase, a mattress, a mattress cover, and a blanket. Mattresses with an integrated pillow may be substituted for a separate pillow and pillowcase.
2. (b) Clean bed linens shall be issued at least once every seven calendar days.
3. (c) Modifications to a resident's bedding items may be made in accordance with §343.340 of this title. However, residents on suicide supervision shall not be denied appropriate bedding substitutions.
4. (d) If the resident has misused bed linens or if staff have reason to believe the resident will misuse the bed linens, including using the sheet(s) as a weapon, the sheet(s) may be substituted with a blanket. The actual misuse or reason to believe the resident will misuse the linens shall be documented.

Source Note:The provisions of this §343.266 adopted to be effective January 1, 2010, 34 TexReg 7095; amended to be effective January 1, 2015, 39 TexReg 9243.