A hospital may provide inpatient mental health treatment to an involuntary patient after the patient is eligible for discharge, as described in §568.84 of this chapter (relating to Discharge of an Involuntary Patient), if before the provision of such treatment:

1. (1) the hospital obtains written consent for voluntary inpatient mental health treatment that meets the requirements of a request for voluntary admission, as described in §568.22(a) of this subchapter (relating to Voluntary Admission); and

2. (2) the patient's treating physician:

   1. (A) examines the patient; and
   2. (B) based on that examination, issues an order for voluntary inpatient mental health treatment that meets the requirements of §568.22(i) of this subchapter.

Source Note:The provisions of this §568.26 adopted to be effective May 27, 2021, 46 TexReg 3276.