Sec. 592.038. FREEDOM FROM UNNECESSARY MEDICATION

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(a) Each client has the right to not receive unnecessary or excessive medication.
(b) Medication may not be used:
(1) as punishment;
(2) for the convenience of the staff;
(3) as a substitute for a habilitation program; or
(4) in quantities that interfere with the client's habilitation program.
(c) Medication for each client may be authorized only by prescription of a physician and a physician shall closely supervise its use.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

                    
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