Tex. Health & Safety Code § 166.036 · Subchapter B. DIRECTIVE TO PHYSICIANS
NOTARIZED DOCUMENT NOT REQUIRED; REQUIREMENT OF SPECIFIC FORM PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Section 166.032(b-1), a written directive executed under Section 166.033 or 166.035 is effective without regard to whether the document has been notarized.
(b) A physician, health care facility, or health care professional may not require that:
(1) a directive be notarized; or
(2) a person use a form provided by the physician, health care facility, or health care professional.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 461 (H.B. 2585), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.166.htm
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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 166.032WRITTEN DIRECTIVE BY COMPETENT ADULT; NOTICE TO PHYSICIAN.Printed as Section 166.032
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 166.033FORM OF WRITTEN DIRECTIVE.Printed as Section 166.033 or 166.035
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 166.035EXECUTION OF DIRECTIVE ON BEHALF OF PATIENT YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE.Printed as Section 166.033 or 166.035
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