Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 166.205 — REVOCATION OF DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE ORDER; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
HS § 166.205Title 2. HEALTH · Part H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Ch. 166. ADVANCE DIRECTIVES · Art. E. HEALTH CARE FACILITY DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE ORDERS
Statute text
View on source(a)A physician providing direct care to a patient for whom a DNR order is issued shall revoke the patient's DNR order if:
(1)an advance directive that serves as the basis of the DNR order is properly revoked in accordance with this chapter;
(2)the patient expresses to any person providing direct care to the patient a revocation of consent to or intent to revoke a DNR order issued under Section 166.203(a); or
(3)the DNR order was issued under Section 166.203(a)(1)(D) or (E) or Section 166.203(a)(3), and the person responsible for the patient's health care decisions expresses to any person providing direct care to the patient a revocation of consent to or intent to revoke the DNR order.
(b)A person providing direct care to a patient under the supervision of a physician shall notify the physician of the request to revoke a DNR order or of the revocation of an advance directive under Subsection (a).
(c)A patient's attending physician may at any time revoke a DNR order issued under:
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Legislative history
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3162), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2023.