Tex. Health & Safety Code § 462.044 · Subchapter C. EMERGENCY DETENTION
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A physician shall conduct a preliminary examination of the apprehended person as soon as possible within 24 hours after the time the person is apprehended under Section 462.041 or 462.043.
(b) The person shall be released on completion of the preliminary examination unless the examining physician or the physician's designee provides a written opinion that the person meets the criteria specified by Section 462.043(b).
(c) A person released under Subsection (b) is entitled to reasonably prompt return to the location of apprehension or other suitable place unless the person is arrested or objects to the return.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 175, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.462.htm
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- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 462.041APPREHENSION BY PEACE OFFICER WITHOUT WARRANT.Printed as Section 462.044 | Section 462.044(b)
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 462.043ISSUANCE OF WARRANT.Printed as Section 462.044
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 462.046INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED ON ADMISSION.Printed as Section 462.044
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