A suicide attempt is a child's attempt to take his own life using means or methods for causing his death, including any act a child commits intending to cause his death, but excluding suicidal gestures where it is clear that the act was unlikely to cause death. Suicidal thoughts are not reportable as a suicide attempt.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.505 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7522; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909