(a) The purpose of this chapter is to implement the
Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities licensing
Act, Health and Safety Code, Chapter 577, which requires mental hospitals
and mental health facilities that provide court-ordered mental health
services to be licensed by the Texas Department of Health.
(b) This chapter provides definitions, and establishes
licensing procedures, operational requirements, standards for voluntary
agreements, enforcement procedures, fire prevention and safety requirements,
and physical plant and construction requirements for private psychiatric
hospitals and crisis stabilization units.
(c) Compliance with this chapter does not constitute
release from the requirements of other applicable federal, state,
or local laws, codes, rules, regulations and ordinances. This chapter
must be followed where it exceeds other codes and ordinances.
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