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Texas Probate Code - Section 770A. Administration Of Medication

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§ 770A. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION.  (a) In this 
section, "psychoactive medication" has the meaning assigned by 
Section 574.101, Health and Safety Code.
	(b)  If a person under a protective custody order as provided 
by Subchapter B, Chapter 574, Health and Safety Code, is a ward who 
is not a minor, the guardian of the person of the ward may consent to 
the administration of psychoactive medication as prescribed by the 
ward's treating physician regardless of the ward's expressed 
preferences regarding treatment with psychoactive medication.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 692, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.           

Last modified: August 11, 2007