Eligibility Requirements for Signing of Licensed Free-Standing Emergency Medical Care Facilities

To be eligible for signing, licensed free-standing emergency medical care facilities must:
  • be open to the general public
  • have continuous operations (24 hours per day/7 days per week)
  • have a doctor available at all times or a doctor on-call that can reach the facility within 30 minutes
  • be licensed as per Chapter 254 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, and
  • be listed in the
    DSHS directory
    of licensed free-standing emergency medical care facilities.
The free-standing emergency medical care facility shall be located on the highway being signed or on the street or roadway which intersects the highway being signed. The facility should be within 5 miles of the intersection.
When two or more qualifying free-standing emergency medical care facilities are located such that access is provided via the same intersection, the facility nearest the intersection shall be the only facility signed.
When a qualifying free-standing emergency medical care facility and a qualifying hospital are located such that access is provided via the same intersection, the hospital should be the only facility signed.