(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the department or a community center may not provide intellectual disability services to a client without the client’s legally adequate consent.
(b) The department or community center may provide nonresidential intellectual disability services, including a determination of an intellectual disability, to a client without the client’s legally adequate consent if the department or community center has made all reasonable efforts to obtain consent.

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(c) The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the efforts to obtain consent that are reasonable and the documentation for those efforts.