26 Tex. Admin. Code § 261.294 - Notice of Guardianship Proceeding

(a) If before a surrogate consent committee makes a treatment decision, the committee is informed that an application for a guardianship proceeding for an individual has been filed with a court, the chairperson of the committee must suspend the committee proceeding for five days unless a medical necessity exists that requires a treatment decision to be made during the five-day period.

(b) If the chairperson suspends a committee proceeding and a person has not been appointed guardian for the individual within five days after the suspension, the chairperson must resume the committee proceeding.

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26 Tex. Admin. Code § 261.294

Adopted to be effective July 1, 2007, 32 TexReg 3856; Transferred from Title 40, § 9.294 by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 35, August 28, 2020, TexReg 6127, eff. 10/1/2020