{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.207","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.207","heading":"ADEQUACY OF TREATMENT.","body":"(a) The head of an inpatient health care facility shall provide adequate medical care and treatment to every patient in accordance with accepted standards of medical practice.\n(b) The head of the facility is responsible for the detention of the patient and for providing suitable security to prevent the patient from transmitting the communicable disease.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 81. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES","SUBCHAPTER G. COURT ORDERS FOR MANAGEMENT OF PERSONS WITH COMMUNICABLE DISEASES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm#81.207","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"1d8b31d2a50d29af3b6d2077380365b3f8dd8135079f938489fa5e512942529d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.206","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.208"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}