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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 576.024

USE OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT

Known as the Texas Mental Health Code

The act spans §§ 571–580 (237 sections).

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A physical restraint may not be applied to a patient unless a physician prescribes the restraint.

(b) A physical restraint shall be removed as soon as possible.

(c) Each use of a physical restraint and the reason for the use shall be made a part of the patient's clinical record. The physician who prescribed the restraint shall sign the record.

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