Tex. Health and Safety Code § 248A.159
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 248A.159, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 248A.159. ADMISSION FORMS.
Official statutory text
(a) Before admission to a center, the center may obtain all required parent or legal guardian signatures for a patient on one consent document.
(b) The consent document must illustrate the involvement of the parent or legal guardian in developing and establishing the care and treatment to be provided to the patient in the center.
(b) The consent document must illustrate the involvement of the parent or legal guardian in developing and establishing the care and treatment to be provided to the patient in the center.
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