(a) A treatment facility licensed by the department under Chapter 464 may not provide treatment to a patient without the patient’s legally adequate consent.
(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe standards for obtaining a patient’s legally adequate consent under this section, including rules prescribing reasonable efforts to obtain a patient’s consent and requiring documentation for those efforts.

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Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 462.010