Requirement of Physician In Charge

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577.008, under Chapter 577. Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities.

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577.008

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.