Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 166.089 — COMPLIANCE WITH OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DNR ORDER
HS § 166.089Title 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)When responding to a call for assistance, health care professionals shall honor an out-of-hospital DNR order in accordance with the statewide out-of-hospital DNR protocol and, where applicable, locally adopted out-of-hospital DNR protocols not in conflict with the statewide protocol if:
(1)the responding health care professionals discover an executed or issued out-of-hospital DNR order form on their arrival at the scene; and
(2)the responding health care professionals comply with this section.
(b)If the person is wearing a DNR identification device, the responding health care professionals must comply with Section 166.090.
(c)The responding health care professionals must establish the identity of the person as the person who executed or issued the out-of-hospital DNR order or for whom the out-of-hospital DNR order was executed or issued.
(d)The responding health care professionals must determine that the out-of-hospital DNR order form appears to be valid in that it includes:
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Legislative history
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 461 (H.B. 2585), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0510, eff. April 2, 2015.