26 Tex. Admin. Code § 320.123 - Family Notification
(a) The CEO or
CEO's designee shall notify the individual's legally authorized representative
if any, or authorized family member of each episode of restraint or seclusion
initiated for the management of a behavioral emergency as follows:
(1) except as provided by 42 Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 2, and subsection (c) of this section, a staff member shall
notify as soon as possible, but no later than 12 hours following the initiation
of the restraint or seclusion, the legally authorized representative of a minor
under age 18 who is not or has not been married; and
(2) except as provided by subsection (c) of
this section, in cases in which the adult individual has consented to have one
or more specified family members informed regarding the individual's care, and
the family member or members have agreed to be informed, a staff member will
inform the family member or members of the restraint or seclusion episode
within the time frame determined by prior agreement between the individual and
specified family member(s).
(b) The date and time of notification and the
name of the staff member providing the notification must be documented in the
individual's medical record. The documentation shall include any unsuccessful
attempts, the phone number called, and the name(s) of person(s) with whom the
staff member spoke.
(c) As
permitted by Texas Health and Safety Code, §
611.0045(b),
a professional may deny an individual's legally authorized representative
access to any portion of an individual's record if the facility determines that
the disclosure of such portion would be harmful to the individual's physical,
mental, or emotional health.
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