SECTION 261.285. IDT Decisions

(a) An IDT may:

(1) consent to the following changes regarding administration of a psychoactive medication subsequent to the initial consent for the medication given by a surrogate consent committee, if such changes pose no significant risk to an individual based on the judgment of the prescribing health care professional and other health care professionals involved in the individual's care:

(A) an increase or decrease in the dosage of the medication; and

(B) a change of medication within the same therapeutic drug class; and

(2) make a decision that involves risk to the individual protection and rights not specifically reserved to a surrogate decision-maker or a surrogate consent committee.

(b) An IDT's consent to a change regarding the administration of a psychoactive medication, as described in subsection (a)(1) of this section, is only valid until the expiration of the initial consent by the surrogate consent committee.

(c) The IDT must document, in the individual's record, a decision made in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, including the deliberations of the IDT in reaching the decision.

Source Note: The provisions of this §261.285 adopted to be effective July 1, 2007, 32 TexReg 3856; transferred effective October 1, 2020, as published in the Texas Register August 28, 2020, 45 TexReg 6127