Tex. Health & Safety Code § 254.203 · Subchapter E. ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES
INJUNCTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department may petition a district court for a temporary restraining order to restrain a continuing violation of the standards or licensing requirements provided under this chapter or of Section 254.158 if the department finds that the violation creates an immediate threat to the health and safety of the patients of a facility or of the public.
(b) A district court, on petition of the department and on a finding by the court that a person is violating the standards or licensing requirements provided under this chapter or is violating Section 254.158, may by injunction:
(1) prohibit a person from continuing the violation;
(2) restrain or prevent the establishment or operation of a facility without a license issued under this chapter; or
(3) grant any other injunctive relief warranted by the facts.
(c) The attorney general shall institute and conduct a suit authorized by this section at the request of the department.
(d) Venue for a suit brought under this section is in the county in which the facility is located or in Travis County.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1273 (H.B. 1357), Sec. 1, eff. March 1, 2010.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1062 (H.B. 1112), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1093 (H.B. 2041), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 10.004(b), eff. September 1, 2021.
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