{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-577.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577.008","heading":"REQUIREMENT OF PHYSICIAN IN CHARGE.","body":"Each licensed private mental hospital shall be in the charge of a physician who has at least three years experience as a physician in psychiatry in a mental hospital or who is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or by the American Osteopathic Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE","CHAPTER 577. PRIVATE MENTAL HOSPITALS AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS; LICENSING AND PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.577.htm#577.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"d64bbb3548ab13d6ecac4195bc0a7723bb938a39823706f836719a39aef87f29","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-577.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-577.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}