Section 462.010. Consent to Treatment at Certain Facilities

TX Health & Safety Code § 462.010 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 462.010. CONSENT TO TREATMENT AT CERTAIN FACILITIES. (a) A treatment facility licensed by the department under Chapter 464 may not provide treatment to a patient without the patient's legally adequate consent.

(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe standards for obtaining a patient's legally adequate consent under this section, including rules prescribing reasonable efforts to obtain a patient's consent and requiring documentation for those efforts.

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1211 (S.B. 1560), Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2015.