MODEL STANDARDS.

The executive commissioner shall develop and publish in the Texas Register model standards for the operation of a boarding home facility relating to:

(1) the construction or remodeling of a boarding home facility, including plumbing, heating, lighting, ventilation, and other housing conditions, to ensure the residents' health, safety, comfort, and protection from fire hazard;

(2) sanitary and related conditions in a boarding home facility and its surroundings, including insect and rodent control, water supply, sewage disposal, food handling, and general hygiene to ensure the residents' health, safety, and comfort;

(3) the reporting and investigation of injuries, incidents, and unusual accidents and the establishment of other policies and procedures necessary to ensure resident health and safety;

(4) assistance with self-administering medication;

(5) requirements for in-service education of the facility's staff;

(6) criminal history record checks; and

(7) assessment and periodic monitoring to ensure that a resident:

(A) does not require the boarding home facility to provide personal care, nursing, or other services not listed in Section 260.001(2); and

(B) is capable of self-administering medication or is aware of what the resident's medications look like and knows when the medications should be taken but requires assistance with self-administering medication.