Tex. Health and Safety Code § 462.011
CONSENT TO MEDICATION
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 462.011, CONSENT TO MEDICATION, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/673652
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Consent to the administration of prescription medication given by a patient receiving treatment in a treatment facility licensed by the department under Chapter 464 or by a person authorized by law to consent on behalf of the patient is valid only if:
(1) the consent is given voluntarily and without coercive or undue influence;
(2) the patient and, if appropriate, the patient's representative authorized by law to consent on behalf of the patient are informed in writing that consent may be revoked; and
(3) the consent is evidenced in the patient's clinical record by a signed form prescribed by the treatment facility or by a statement of the treating physician or a person designated by the physician that documents that consent was given by the appropriate person and the circumstances under which the consent was obtained.