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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 592.158: APPEAL.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
- SUBTITLE D. PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY ACT
- CHAPTER 592. RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
- SUBCHAPTER F. ADMINISTRATION OF PSYCHOACTIVE MEDICATIONS
(a) A client may appeal an order under this subchapter in the manner provided by Section 593.056 for an appeal of an order committing the client to a residential care facility.
(b) An order authorizing the administration of medication regardless of the refusal of the client is effective pending an appeal of the order.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 504 (S.B. 34), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.
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