Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 81.174 — ORDER OF CARE OR COMMITMENT

HS § 81.174Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 81. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES · Art. G. COURT ORDERS FOR MANAGEMENT OF PERSONS WITH COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

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(a)The judge shall dismiss the jury, if any, after a hearing in which a person is found:

(1)to be infected with or reasonably suspected of being infected with a communicable disease;

(2)to have failed or refused to follow the orders of a health authority or the department if the application is for inpatient treatment; and

(3)to meet the criteria for orders for the management of a patient with a communicable disease.

(b)The judge may hear additional evidence relating to alternative settings for examination, observation, treatment, or isolation before entering an order relating to the setting for the care the person will receive.

(c)The judge shall consider in determining the setting for care the recommendation for the appropriate health care facility filed under this chapter.

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Legislative history

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 242, Sec. 13, eff. May 23, 1997.