Sec. 81.193.  PASS FROM INPATIENT CARE.  (a)  The head of a facility may permit a person admitted to the facility under order for extended inpatient management of a person with a communicable disease to leave the facility under a pass.
(b)  A pass authorizes the person to leave the facility for not more than 72 hours.
(c)  The pass may be subject to specified conditions.
(d)  A pass may not be authorized without the concurrence of the health authority or department.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.