Section 593.044 - Order for Protective Custody(a) The court in which an application for a hearing is filed may order the proposed resident taken into protective custody if the court determines from certificates filed with the court that the proposed resident is: (1) believed to be a person with an intellectual disability; and(2) likely to cause injury to the proposed resident or others if not immediately restrained.(b) The judge of the court may order a health or peace officer to take the proposed resident into custody and transport the person to: (1) a designated residential care facility in which space is available; or(2) a place deemed suitable by the county health authority.(c) If the proposed resident is a voluntary resident, the court for good cause may order the resident's detention in: (1) the facility to which the resident was voluntarily admitted; or(2) another suitable location to which the resident may be transported under Subsection (b).Tex. Health and Safety Code § 593.044
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 3.1445, eff. 4/2/2015.Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1991.