Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.174
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.174, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 81.174. ORDER OF CARE OR COMMITMENT.
Official statutory text
(a) The judge shall dismiss the jury, if any, after a hearing in which a person is found:
(1) to be infected with or reasonably suspected of being infected with a communicable disease;
(2) to have failed or refused to follow the orders of a health authority or the department if the application is for inpatient treatment; and
(3) to meet the criteria for orders for the management of a patient with a communicable disease.
(b) The judge may hear additional evidence relating to alternative settings for examination, observation, treatment, or isolation before entering an order relating to the setting for the care the person will receive.
(c) The judge shall consider in determining the setting for care the recommendation for the appropriate health care facility filed under this chapter.
(d) The judge may enter an order:
(1) committing the person to a health care facility for inpatient care; or
(2) requiring the person to participate in other communicable disease management programs.
(1) to be infected with or reasonably suspected of being infected with a communicable disease;
(2) to have failed or refused to follow the orders of a health authority or the department if the application is for inpatient treatment; and
(3) to meet the criteria for orders for the management of a patient with a communicable disease.
(b) The judge may hear additional evidence relating to alternative settings for examination, observation, treatment, or isolation before entering an order relating to the setting for the care the person will receive.
(c) The judge shall consider in determining the setting for care the recommendation for the appropriate health care facility filed under this chapter.
(d) The judge may enter an order:
(1) committing the person to a health care facility for inpatient care; or
(2) requiring the person to participate in other communicable disease management programs.
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