1. (a) Each resident shall be provided suitable clean bedding, including two sheets, a pillow and a pillowcase, a mattress, and a blanket. Mattresses with an integrated pillow may be substituted for a separate pillow and a pillowcase.
2. (b) Clean bed linens shall be issued at least every seven calendar days.
3. (c) Modifications to a resident's bedding items may be made in accordance with §343.340(a)(8) of this chapter.
4. (d) In no case, shall residents on suicide supervision be denied appropriate bedding substitutions.
5. (e) If the resident has demonstrated a pattern of misuse of bed linens or if staff have reason to believe the resident will misuse the bed linens, which includes but is not limited to using the sheets as a weapon, the sheets may be substituted with a blanket.

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