Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 252.062 — INJUNCTION
HS § 252.062Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 252. INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY · Art. C. GENERAL ENFORCEMENT
Statute text
View on source(a)The department may petition a district court for a temporary restraining order to restrain a person from continuing a violation of the standards prescribed by this chapter if the department finds that the violation creates an immediate threat to the health and safety of the facility's residents.
(b)A district court, on petition of the department, may by injunction:
(1)prohibit a person from continuing a violation of the standards or licensing requirements prescribed by this chapter;
(2)restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, management, or operation of a facility without a license issued under this chapter; or
(3)grant the injunctive relief warranted by the facts on a finding by the court that a person is violating the standards or licensing requirements prescribed by this chapter.
(c)The attorney general, on request by the department, shall bring and conduct on behalf of the state a suit authorized by this section.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 693, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 192, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.