Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.193 · Subchapter G. COURT ORDERS FOR MANAGEMENT OF PERSONS WITH COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
PASS FROM INPATIENT CARE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The head of a facility may permit a person admitted to the facility under order for extended inpatient management of a person with a communicable disease to leave the facility under a pass.
(b) A pass authorizes the person to leave the facility for not more than 72 hours.
(c) The pass may be subject to specified conditions.
(d) A pass may not be authorized without the concurrence of the health authority or department.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm
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