Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 166.083 — FORM OF OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DNR ORDER
HS § 166.083Title 2. HEALTH · Part H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Ch. 166. ADVANCE DIRECTIVES · Art. C. OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE ORDERS
Statute text
View on source(a)A written out-of-hospital DNR order shall be in the standard form specified by department rule as recommended by the department.
(b)The standard form of an out-of-hospital DNR order specified by department rule must, at a minimum, contain the following:
(1)a distinctive single-page format that readily identifies the document as an out-of-hospital DNR order;
(2)a title that readily identifies the document as an out-of-hospital DNR order;
(3)the printed or typed name of the person;
(4)a statement that the physician signing the document is the attending physician of the person and that the physician is directing health care professionals acting in out-of-hospital settings, including a hospital emergency department, not to initiate or continue certain life-sustaining treatment on behalf of the person, and a listing of those procedures not to be initiated or continued;
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Legislative history
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 461 (H.B. 2585), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0508, eff. April 2, 2015.