Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 510 - PRIVATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND CRISIS STABILIZATION UNITS
Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 510.1 - Purpose

Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code ยง 510.1

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to implement the Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities licensing Act, Health and Safety Code, Chapter 577, which requires mental hospitals and mental health facilities that provide court-ordered mental health services to be licensed by the Texas Department of Health.

(b) This chapter provides definitions, and establishes licensing procedures, operational requirements, standards for voluntary agreements, enforcement procedures, fire prevention and safety requirements, and physical plant and construction requirements for private psychiatric hospitals and crisis stabilization units.

(c) Compliance with this chapter does not constitute release from the requirements of other applicable federal, state, or local laws, codes, rules, regulations and ordinances. This chapter must be followed where it exceeds other codes and ordinances.

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