Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 74.104 — DUTY OF PHYSICIAN OR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER

CP § 74.104Title 4. LIABILITY IN TORT · Ch. 74. MEDICAL LIABILITY · Art. C. INFORMED CONSENT

Statute text

Before a patient or a person authorized to consent for a patient gives consent to any medical care or surgical procedure that appears on the disclosure panel's list requiring disclosure, the physician or health care provider shall disclose to the patient or person authorized to consent for the patient the risks and hazards involved in that kind of care or procedure. A physician or health care provider shall be considered to have complied with the requirements of this section if disclosure is made as provided in Section 74.105.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 10.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.