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 N - EMERGENCY BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION
Division 8 - SUCCESSIVE USE AND COMBINATIONS OF EMERGENCY BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION
Section 748.2753 - May a caregiver simultaneously use emergency medication in combination with another emergency behavior intervention?
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code ยง 748.2753
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) A caregiver may simultaneously use emergency medication in combination with personal restraint or seclusion only if:
(1) Allowed by your policies;
(2) Permitted by the rules of this subchapter
for both types of emergency behavior intervention; and
(3) Written orders specifically allow the
combination.
(b) The written orders must include clinical justification for the combination of emergency medication with personal restraint or seclusion that goes beyond the justification for the use of a single emergency behavior intervention. Clinical justification for the combination must be provided by:
(1) The licensed physician ordering the
emergency medication for the combination of emergency medication and seclusion;
or
(2) Both the licensed physician
ordering the emergency medication and the professional ordering the personal
restraint, if they are different people.
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