Sec. 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 in a mental hospital or who is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or by the American Osteopathic Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability
Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code
Chapter 577 - Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities
Subchapter A. General Provisions; Licensing and Penalties
Section 577.001. License Required
Section 577.003. Additional License Not Required
Section 577.004. License Application
Section 577.005. Investigation and License Issuance
Section 577.007. Change in Bed Capacity
Section 577.008. Requirement of Physician in Charge
Section 577.009. Limitation on Certain Contracts
Section 577.010. Rules and Standards
Section 577.0101. Notification of Transfer or Referral
Section 577.011. Records and Reports
Section 577.012. Destruction of Records
Section 577.013. Investigations
Section 577.016. Denial, Suspension, Probation, or Revocation of License