Chapter 55. Protective Service System  


Section 55.001. Declaration of policy.
Section 55.01. Definitions.
Section 55.02. Protective services and protective placement: duties.
Section 55.03. Status of guardian.
Section 55.043. Adult-at-risk agency.
Section 55.045. Funding.
Section 55.05. Voluntary protective services.
Section 55.055. Admissions initially made without court involvement.
Section 55.06. Protective services and protective placement; eligibility.
Section 55.075. Protective services or protective placement; petition.
Section 55.08. Protective services or protective placement: standards.
Section 55.09. Notice of petition and hearing for protective services or placement.
Section 55.10. Hearing on petition for protective services or protective placement.
Section 55.105. Appointment of counsel.
Section 55.107. Reimbursement of counsel provided by the state.
Section 55.11. Comprehensive evaluation; recommendations; statements.
Section 55.12. Order for protective services or protective placement.
Section 55.13. Emergency protective services.
Section 55.135. Emergency and temporary protective placement.
Section 55.14. Involuntary administration of psychotropic medication.
Section 55.15. Transfer of an individual under a protective placement order.
Section 55.16. Modification of an order for protective placement or protective services.
Section 55.17. Termination of an order for protective placement or protective services.
Section 55.175. Discharge from protective placement.
Section 55.18. Annual review of protective placement.
Section 55.19. Annual review of order authorizing involuntary administration of psychotropic medication.
Section 55.195. Duties of guardian ad litem for protective services reviews.
Section 55.20. Appeals.
Section 55.21. Centers for the developmentally disabled.
Section 55.22. Records.
Section 55.23. Patients' rights.