Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 26	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 748	MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS
SUBCHAPTER N	EMERGENCY BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION
DIVISION 8	SUCCESSIVE USE AND COMBINATIONS OF EMERGENCY BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION
RULE §748.2753	May a caregiver simultaneously use emergency medication in combination with another emergency behavior intervention?

(a) A caregiver may simultaneously use emergency medication in combination with personal restraint or seclusion only if:

(1) Allowed by your policies;

(2) Permitted by the rules of this subchapter for both types of emergency behavior intervention; and

(3) Written orders specifically allow the combination.

(b) The written orders must include clinical justification for the combination of emergency medication with personal restraint or seclusion that goes beyond the justification for the use of a single emergency behavior intervention. Clinical justification for the combination must be provided by:

(1) The licensed physician ordering the emergency medication for the combination of emergency medication and seclusion; or

(2) Both the licensed physician ordering the emergency medication and the professional ordering the personal restraint, if they are different people.

Source Note: The provisions of this §748.2753 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909