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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 592.160: EXPIRATION OF ORDER.
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) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an order issued under Section 592.156 expires on the anniversary of the date the order was issued.
(b) An order issued under Section 592.156 for a client awaiting trial in a criminal proceeding expires on the date the defendant is acquitted, is convicted, or enters a plea of guilty or the date on which charges in the case are dismissed. An order continued under this subsection shall be reviewed by the issuing court every six months.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 504 (S.B. 34), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.
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