Title 5 › Chapter 266

Texas Family Code § 266.011

Monitoring Use of Psychotropic Drug

Medical Care and Educational Services for Children in Conservatorship of Department of Family and Protective Services

The person authorized to consent to medical treatment for a foster child prescribed a psychotropic medication shall ensure that the child has been seen by the prescribing physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse at least once every 90 days to allow the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse to:

(1) appropriately monitor the side effects of the medication; and

(2) determine whether:

(A) the medication is helping the child achieve the treatment goals; and

(B) continued use of the medication is appropriate.

Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 915), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2013.

Sections that refer to this one

§ 266.007