Texas Health And Safety Code Title 7, Chapter 577 - Private Mental Hospitals And Other Mental Health Facilities

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS; LICENSING AND PENALTIES

• Texas Section 577.001 - License Required
  (a) A person or political subdivision may not operate a mental hospital without a license issued by the department under this chapter. (b) A community...
• Texas Section 577.002 - Exemptions From Licensing Requirement
  A mental health facility operated by the department or a federal agency need not be licensed under this chapter. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg.,...
• Texas Section 577.003 - Additional License Not Required
  A mental hospital licensed under this chapter that the department designates to provide mental health services is not required to obtain an additional license to...
• Texas Section 577.004 - License Application
  (a) An applicant for a license under this chapter must submit a sworn application to the department on a form prescribed by the department. (b)...
• Texas Section 577.005 - Investigation And License Issuance
  (a) The department shall conduct an investigation as considered necessary after receiving the proper license application and the required fees. (b) The department shall issue...
• Texas Section 577.006 - Fees
  (a) The department shall charge each hospital every two years a license fee for an initial license or a license renewal. (b) The executive commissioner...
• Texas Section 577.007 - Change In Bed Capacity
  A mental hospital or mental health facility may increase the bed capacity authorized by the license at any time with the department's approval and may...
• Texas Section 577.008 - Requirement Of Physician In Charge
  Each licensed private mental hospital shall be in the charge of a physician who has at least three years experience as a physician in psychiatry...
• Texas Section 577.009 - Limitation On Certain Contracts
  A community center or other entity the department designates to provide mental health services may not contract with a mental health facility to provide court-ordered...
• Texas Section 577.010 - Rules And Standards
  (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules and standards the executive commissioner considers necessary and appropriate to ensure the proper care and treatment of patients...
• Texas Section 577.0101 - Notification Of Transfer Or Referral
  (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules governing the transfer or referral of a patient from a private mental hospital to an inpatient mental health...
• Texas Section 577.011 - Records And Reports
  The department may require a license holder to make annual, periodical, or special reports to the department and to keep the records the department considers...
• Texas Section 577.012 - Destruction Of Records
  (a) A private mental hospital licensed under this chapter may authorize the disposal of any medical record on or after the 10th anniversary of the...
• Texas Section 577.013 - Investigations
  (a) The department may make investigations it considers necessary and proper to obtain compliance with this subtitle and the department's rules and standards. (b) An...
• Texas Section 577.014 - Oaths
  The department or its agent may administer oaths, receive evidence, and examine witnesses in conducting an investigation or other proceeding under this chapter. Added by...
• Texas Section 577.015 - Subpoenas
  (a) The department or its agent, in conducting an investigation or other proceeding under this chapter, may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance and testimony...
• Texas Section 577.016 - Denial, Suspension, Probation, Or Revocation Of License
  (a) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a license if the department finds that the applicant or licensee has substantially failed to comply with:...
• Texas Section 577.017 - Hearings
  (a) The department's legal staff may participate in a hearing under this chapter. (b) The hearing proceedings shall be recorded in a form that can...
• Texas Section 577.018 - Judicial Review Of Department Decision
  (a) An applicant or license holder may appeal from a department decision by filing notice of appeal in the district court of Travis County and...
• Texas Section 577.019 - Injunction
  (a) The department, in the name of the state, may maintain an action in a district court of Travis County or in the county in...

Last modified: September 28, 2016