Tex. Health & Safety Code § 576.024 · Subchapter B. RIGHTS RELATING TO TREATMENT

USE OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

(a) A physical restraint may not be applied to a patient unless a physician prescribes the restraint.

(b) A physical restraint shall be removed as soon as possible.

(c) Each use of a physical restraint and the reason for the use shall be made a part of the patient's clinical record. The physician who prescribed the restraint shall sign the record.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.576.htm
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