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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 593.044. Order for Protective Custody

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

(a) The court in which an application for a hearing is filed may order the proposed resident taken into protective custody if the court determines from certificates filed with the court that the proposed resident is:

(1) believed to be a person with an intellectual disability; and

(2) likely to cause injury to the proposed resident or others if not immediately restrained.

(b) The judge of the court may order a health or peace officer to take the proposed resident into custody and transport the person to:

(1) a designated residential care facility in which space is available; or

(2) a place deemed suitable by the county health authority.

(c) If the proposed resident is a voluntary resident, the court for good cause may order the resident's detention in:

(1) the facility to which the resident was voluntarily admitted; or

(2) another suitable location to which the resident may be transported under Subsection (b).

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