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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 576.024: USE OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
- SUBTITLE C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE
- CHAPTER 576. RIGHTS OF PATIENTS
- SUBCHAPTER B. RIGHTS RELATING TO TREATMENT
(a) A physical restraint may not be applied to a patient unless a physician prescribes the restraint.
(b) A physical restraint shall be removed as soon as possible.
(c) Each use of a physical restraint and the reason for the use shall be made a part of the patient's clinical record. The physician who prescribed the restraint shall sign the record.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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