Tex. Health and Safety Code § 592.038
FREEDOM FROM UNNECESSARY MEDICATION
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 592.038, FREEDOM FROM UNNECESSARY MEDICATION, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/674899
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(a) Each client has the right to not receive unnecessary or excessive medication.
(b) Medication may not be used:
(1) as punishment;
(2) for the convenience of the staff;
(3) as a substitute for a habilitation program; or
(4) in quantities that interfere with the client's habilitation program.
(c) Medication for each client may be authorized only by prescription of a physician and a physician shall closely supervise its use.
(d) Each client has the right to refuse psychoactive medication, as provided by Subchapter F.