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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 551.025: DUTY TO REPORT MISSING PATIENT OR CLIENT.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
- SUBTITLE B. STATE FACILITIES
- CHAPTER 551. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- SUBCHAPTER B. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO FACILITY SUPERINTENDENT OR DIRECTOR
If a person receiving inpatient intellectual disability services or court-ordered inpatient mental health services leaves a department facility without notifying the facility or without the facility's consent, the facility director or superintendent shall immediately report the person as a missing person to an appropriate law enforcement agency in the area in which the facility is located.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1337, eff. April 2, 2015.
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