Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.207
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.207, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 81.207. ADEQUACY OF TREATMENT.
Official statutory text
(a) The head of an inpatient health care facility shall provide adequate medical care and treatment to every patient in accordance with accepted standards of medical practice.
(b) The head of the facility is responsible for the detention of the patient and for providing suitable security to prevent the patient from transmitting the communicable disease.
(b) The head of the facility is responsible for the detention of the patient and for providing suitable security to prevent the patient from transmitting the communicable disease.
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