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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 242.851

ENFORCEMENT

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1224, Sec. 1, eff

(a) The department may impose appropriate sanctions under this chapter on an administrator of an institution who knowingly:

(1) refuses to permit a resident or the resident's guardian or legal representative to conduct authorized electronic monitoring;

(2) refuses to admit an individual to residency or allows the removal of a resident from the institution because of a request to conduct authorized electronic monitoring;

(3) allows the removal of a resident from the institution because covert electronic monitoring is being conducted by or on behalf of the resident; or

(4) violates another provision of this subchapter.

(b) The department may assess an administrative penalty under Section 242.066 against an institution that:

(1) refuses to permit a resident or the resident's guardian or legal representative to conduct authorized electronic monitoring;

(2) refuses to admit an individual to residency or allows the removal of a resident from the institution because of a request to conduct authorized electronic monitoring;

(3) allows the removal of a resident from the institution because covert electronic monitoring is being conducted by or on behalf of the resident; or

(4) violates another provision of this subchapter.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.