Administrative Code Provisions | 1 TAC ยง 379.1308 | 2020

(a) A contractor may provide a nonresidential service to a minor if:

(1) the minor consents to counseling from a licensed or certified physician, psychologist, counselor, or social worker, under Texas Family Code § 32.004, for:

(A) suicide prevention

(B) chemical addiction or dependency or

(C) sexual, physical, or emotional abuse

(2) the contractor has consent from the minors parent, managing conservator, or guardian to provide the minor with the nonresidential service or

(3) the contractor otherwise complies with Texas Family Code, Chapter 32, if the project does not obtain consent from the minors parent, managing conservator, or guardian.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a victim of family violence under 18 years of age may consent to a nonresidential service provided by the contractor if:

(1) the victim is married or has been married or

(2) the victim has had the disabilities of minority removed for general purposes (i.e., is legally emancipated).