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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 578.002

USE OF ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY

Known as the Texas Mental Health Code

The act spans §§ 571.001 to 580.005 (237 sections).

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 5.01.

(a) Electroconvulsive therapy may not be used on a person who is younger than 16 years of age.

(b) Unless the person consents to the use of the therapy in accordance with Section 578.003, electroconvulsive therapy may not be used on:

(1) a person who is 16 years of age or older and who is voluntarily receiving mental health services; or

(2) an involuntary patient who is 16 years of age or older and who has not been adjudicated by an appropriate court of law as incompetent to manage the patient's personal affairs.

(c) Electroconvulsive therapy may not be used on an involuntary patient who is 16 years of age or older and who has been adjudicated incompetent to manage the patient's personal affairs unless the patient's guardian of the person consents to the treatment in accordance with Section 578.003. The decision of the guardian must be based on knowledge of what the patient would desire, if known.

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