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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26 Tex. Admin. Code § 568.26
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 21, May 21, 2021, TexReg 3283, eff. 5/27/2021

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