Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.168
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.168, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 81.168. RELEASE FROM DETENTION.
Official statutory text
(a) The magistrate or master shall order the release of a person under a protective custody order if the magistrate or master determines after the hearing under Section 81.165 that no probable cause exists to believe that the person presents a substantial risk of serious harm to himself or others.
(b) Arrangements shall be made to return a person released under Subsection (a) to:
(1) the location at which the person was apprehended;
(2) the person's place of residence in this state; or
(3) another suitable location.
(c) The head of a facility shall discharge a person held under a protective custody order if:
(1) the head of the facility does not receive notice within 72 hours after detention begins, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, the period prescribed by Section 81.165(b) for an extreme weather emergency, and the duration of a public health disaster, that a probable cause hearing was held and the person's continued detention was authorized;
(2) a final court order for the management of a person with a communicable disease has not been entered within the time prescribed by Section 81.154; or
(3) the health authority or commissioner determines that the person no longer meets the criteria for protective custody prescribed by Section 81.162.
(b) Arrangements shall be made to return a person released under Subsection (a) to:
(1) the location at which the person was apprehended;
(2) the person's place of residence in this state; or
(3) another suitable location.
(c) The head of a facility shall discharge a person held under a protective custody order if:
(1) the head of the facility does not receive notice within 72 hours after detention begins, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, the period prescribed by Section 81.165(b) for an extreme weather emergency, and the duration of a public health disaster, that a probable cause hearing was held and the person's continued detention was authorized;
(2) a final court order for the management of a person with a communicable disease has not been entered within the time prescribed by Section 81.154; or
(3) the health authority or commissioner determines that the person no longer meets the criteria for protective custody prescribed by Section 81.162.
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