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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 592.038

FREEDOM FROM UNNECESSARY MEDICATION

Known as the Persons with an Intellectual Disability Act

The act spans §§ 591–597 (170 sections).

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

(a) Each client has the right to not receive unnecessary or excessive medication.

(b) Medication may not be used:

(1) as punishment;

(2) for the convenience of the staff;

(3) as a substitute for a habilitation program; or

(4) in quantities that interfere with the client's habilitation program.

(c) Medication for each client may be authorized only by prescription of a physician and a physician shall closely supervise its use.

(d) Each client has the right to refuse psychoactive medication, as provided by Subchapter F.

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