(a) The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) may petition a district court for a temporary restraining order to restrain a person from continuing a violation of the standards prescribed by this chapter if HHSC finds that the violation threatens the health and safety of a resident.
(b) A district court, on petition by HHSC, may by injunction:
  (1) prohibit a person from continuing a violation of the standards or licensing requirements prescribed by this chapter;
  (2) restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, management, or operation of a facility without a license issued under this chapter; or
  (3) grant the injunctive relief warranted by the facts on a finding by the court that a person is violating the standards or licensing requirements prescribed by this chapter.
(c) HHSC may refer a facility to the Texas Office of the Attorney General for the assessment of civil penalties under the Texas Health and Safety Code §252.064 (relating to Civil Penalty), for a violation that threatens the health and safety of a resident.

Source Note: The provisions of this §551.235 adopted to be effective May 1, 1995, 20 TexReg 1659; amended to be effective February 1, 1999, 23 TexReg 11829; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1883; amended to be effective February 24, 2022, 47 TexReg 787