Tex. Health & Safety Code § 252.061 · Subchapter C. GENERAL ENFORCEMENT
EMERGENCY SUSPENSION OR CLOSING ORDER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall suspend a facility's license or order an immediate closing of part of the facility if:
(1) the department finds the facility is operating in violation of the standards prescribed by this chapter; and
(2) the violation creates an immediate threat to the health and safety of a resident.
(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall provide for the placement of residents during the facility's suspension or closing to ensure their health and safety.
(c) An order suspending a license or closing a part of a facility under this section is immediately effective on the date on which the license holder receives written notice or a later date specified in the order.
(d) An order suspending a license or ordering an immediate closing of a part of a facility is valid for 10 days after the effective date of the order.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 693, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0786, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.252.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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