Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 166.003 — WITNESSES

HS § 166.003Title 2. HEALTH · Part H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Ch. 166. ADVANCE DIRECTIVES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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In any circumstance in which this chapter requires the execution of an advance directive or the issuance of a nonwritten advance directive to be witnessed:

(1)each witness must be a competent adult; and

(2)at least one of the witnesses must be a person who is not:

(A)a person designated by the declarant to make a health care or treatment decision;

(B)a person related to the declarant by blood or marriage;

(C)a person entitled to any part of the declarant's estate after the declarant's death under a will or codicil executed by the declarant or by operation of law;

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 435 (H.B. 3074), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.