Tex. Family Code § 266.011

This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 266.011, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.

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§ 266.011. MONITORING USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG.

Official statutory text

The person authorized to consent to medical treatment for a foster child prescribed a psychotropic medication shall ensure that the child has been seen by the prescribing physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse at least once every 90 days to allow the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse to:

(1) appropriately monitor the side effects of the medication; and

(2) determine whether:

(A) the medication is helping the child achieve the treatment goals; and

(B) continued use of the medication is appropriate.

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