Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.554
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.554, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 242.554. PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF COMPLAINT; INSPECTION.
Official statutory text
(a) On receipt of a complaint under this subchapter, the department shall make a preliminary review of the complaint.
(b) Within a reasonable time after receipt of the complaint, the department shall make an on-site inspection or otherwise respond to the complaint unless the department determines that:
(1) the person making the complaint made the complaint to harass the institution;
(2) the complaint is without any reasonable basis; or
(3) sufficient information in the possession of the department indicates that corrective action has been taken.
(c) The department shall promptly notify the person making the complaint of the department's proposed course of action under Subsection (b) and the reasons for that action.
(b) Within a reasonable time after receipt of the complaint, the department shall make an on-site inspection or otherwise respond to the complaint unless the department determines that:
(1) the person making the complaint made the complaint to harass the institution;
(2) the complaint is without any reasonable basis; or
(3) sufficient information in the possession of the department indicates that corrective action has been taken.
(c) The department shall promptly notify the person making the complaint of the department's proposed course of action under Subsection (b) and the reasons for that action.
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