Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 272
Section 51.64 - Reports of death required; penalty; assessment(1) In this section:(a) "Physical restraint" includes all of the following:2. A device or garment that interferes with an individual's freedom of movement and that the individual is unable to remove easily.3. Restraint by a treatment facility staff member of a person admitted or committed to the treatment facility, by use of physical force.(b) "Psychotropic medication" means an antipsychotic, antidepressant, lithium carbonate or a tranquilizer.(2)(a) No later than 24 hours after the death of a person admitted or committed to a treatment facility, the treatment facility shall report the death to the department if one of the following applies: 1. There is reasonable cause to believe that the death was related to the use of physical restraint or a psychotropic medication.3. There is reasonable cause to believe that the death was a suicide.