Section 810.154 - Emergency Detention Orders(a) The office is required to transfer a committed person to a more restrictive setting if the office considers the transfer necessary to further treatment and to protect the community.(b) In such an instance, when the office has determined that it is necessary to transfer a committed person to a more restrictive setting in order to further the person's supervision and treatment, the office may issue an emergency detention order.(c) The emergency detention order shall authorize a peace officer to immediately apprehend the individual and transport the individual to a location designated by the office.(d) The emergency detention order shall list the individual's name and identifying details, current location, location to which the person shall be transferred and shall be signed by the office's Executive Director or designee.37 Tex. Admin. Code § 810.154
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 08, February 23, 2018, TexReg 1141, eff. 2/28/2018