Tex. Health & Safety Code § 462.011

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 462.011 - Consent to Medication

Consent to the administration of prescription medication given by a patient receiving treatment in a treatment facility licensed by the department under Chapter 464 or by a person authorized by law to consent on behalf of the patient is valid only if:

(1) the consent is given voluntarily and without coercive or undue influence;
(2) the patient and, if appropriate, the patient's representative authorized by law to consent on behalf of the patient are informed in writing that consent may be revoked; and
(3) the consent is evidenced in the patient's clinical record by a signed form prescribed by the treatment facility or by a statement of the treating physician or a person designated by the physician that documents that consent was given by the appropriate person and the circumstances under which the consent was obtained.

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 462.011

Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1211,Sec. 3, eff. 6/19/2015.