Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 166.203 — GENERAL PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE ORDERS

HS § 166.203Title 2. HEALTH · Part H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Ch. 166. ADVANCE DIRECTIVES · Art. E. HEALTH CARE FACILITY DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE ORDERS

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(a)A DNR order issued for a patient is valid only if the order is dated and:

(1)is issued by a physician providing direct care to the patient in compliance with:

(A)the written and dated directions of a patient who was competent at the time the patient wrote the directions;

(B)the oral directions of a competent patient delivered to or observed by two competent adult witnesses, at least one of whom must be a person not listed under Section 166.003(2)(E) or (F);

(C)the directions in an advance directive enforceable under Section 166.005 or executed in accordance with Section 166.032, 166.034, 166.035, 166.082, 166.084, or 166.085;

(D)the directions of a patient's:

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Legislative history

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3162), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2023.