26 Tex. Admin. Code § 568.26 - Voluntary Treatment Following Involuntary Admission
A hospital may provide inpatient mental health treatment to an involuntary patient after the patient is eligible for discharge, as described in § 568.84 of this chapter (relating to Discharge of an Involuntary Patient), if before the provision of such treatment:
(1) the hospital obtains written consent for voluntary inpatient mental health treatment that meets the requirements of a request for voluntary admission, as described in §
568.22(a) of this subchapter (relating to Voluntary Admission); and
(2) the patient's treating physician:
(A) examines the patient; and
(B) based on that examination, issues an order for voluntary inpatient mental health treatment that meets the requirements of §
568.22(i) of this subchapter.
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