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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 13.034. Duties of Executive Commissioner and Department

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules relating to:

(1) the management of public health hospitals;

(2) the duties of officers and employees of those hospitals;  and

(3) the enforcement of necessary discipline and restraint of patients.

(a-1) The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary for the proper and efficient hospitalization of tuberculosis patients.

(b) The department shall supply each hospital with the necessary personnel for the operation and maintenance of the hospital.

(c) The department may:

(1) prescribe the form and content of applications, certificates, records, and reports provided for under this subchapter;

(2) require reports from the administrator of a public health hospital relating to the admission, examination, diagnosis, release, or discharge of a patient;

(3) visit each hospital regularly to review admitting procedures and the care and treatment of all new patients admitted since the last visit;  and

(4) investigate by personal visit a complaint made by a patient or by another person on behalf of a patient.

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