Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 748 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS
Subchapter L - MEDICATION
Division 7 - USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION
Section 748.2253 - If my operation employs or contracts with a health-care professional who prescribes psychotropic medications to a child in care, what information must I provide the person legally authorized to give consent before requesting his consent for the child to be placed on psychotropic medication?
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code ยง 748.2253
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Before requesting the person's written consent to give the child psychotropic medication, the prescribing health-care professional must give the following in writing or document a discussion with the person or a combination of both:
(1) The child's diagnosis;
(2) The nature of the child's mental illness
or condition;
(3) An explanation of
the purpose of the medication;
(4)
A description of the benefits expected;
(5) A description of any accompanying
discomforts and risks, including those which could result from long-term use of
the medication, and possible side effects, including side effects that are
known to frequently occur in persons, side effects to which the child may be
predisposed, and the nature and possible occurrence of irreversible
symptoms;
(6) A statement of
whether the medication is habituating in nature;
(7) Alternative interventions to the use of
psychotropic medication that have been attempted and that have been
unsuccessful;
(8) Other alternative
treatments or procedures to the use of the psychotropic medication;
(9) Risks and benefits of the alternative
treatments or procedures;
(10)
Risks and benefits of not receiving or undergoing a treatment or
procedure;
(11) An explanation that
the person legally authorized to give medical consent may ask questions about
the child's response to the medication, and may review your daily records on
request; and
(12) An explanation
that the person legally authorized to give medical consent may withdraw consent
and request the medication be discontinued at any time.
(b) The health-care professional must offer to answer any questions the person legally authorized to give consent has about the medication.
(c) The person must sign a consent form that acknowledges that you have provided all of the information set forth in subsection (a) of this section. A copy of this signed consent form must be filed in the child's record.
Disclaimer: These regulations may not be the most recent version. Texas may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google
Privacy Policy and
Terms of Service apply.
