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TITLE 25HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 414RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS OF PERSONS RECEIVING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER ICONSENT TO TREATMENT WITH PSYCHOACTIVE MEDICATION--MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
RULE §414.408Patients Committed to Mental Health Facilities under Provisions Other than Those Found in the Texas Health and Safety Code (i.e., Code of Criminal Procedure, Family Code)
(a) The decision to administer medication to a patient committed to a TDMHMR mental health facility under provisions other than THSC §574.034 or §574.035 must be is consistent with the holding in Sell v. United States, 123 S.Ct. 2174 (2003).

(b) Nothing in this section is intended to preclude the administration of psychoactive medication to any patient in a psychiatric emergency as provided for in §414.410 of this title (relating to Psychiatric Emergencies).

Source Note: The provisions of this §414.408 adopted to be effective August 31, 2004, 29 TexReg 8317

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