(a) The director may inspect any facility at reasonable times as necessary to determine if it is an assisted living facility and to ensure compliance with this chapter and Chapter 247, Texas Health and Safety Code, as amended.
(b) Upon request of the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, the city attorney may petition a district court for a temporary restraining order to inspect a facility that is allegedly required to be licensed as an assisted living facility and that is operating without a license, when admission to the facility cannot be obtained.
(c) The director shall report to the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services any assisted living facility that the director finds:
(1) is established or operating in the city without a license;
(2) poses an immediate threat to the health and safety of a resident of the assisted living facility; or
(3) is otherwise violating a provision of Chapter 247, Texas Health and Safety Code, as amended, or any rule, regulation, or standard governing assisted living facilities promulgated by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services under Chapter 247, Texas Health and Safety Code, as amended. (Ord. Nos. 23631; 28706)