Tex. Health & Safety Code § 166.040 · Subchapter B. DIRECTIVE TO PHYSICIANS
PATIENT CERTIFICATION AND PREREQUISITES FOR COMPLYING WITH DIRECTIVE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An attending physician who has been notified of the existence of a directive shall provide for the declarant's certification as a qualified patient on diagnosis of a terminal or irreversible condition.
(b) Before withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from a qualified patient under this subchapter, the attending physician must determine that the steps proposed to be taken are in accord with this subchapter and the patient's existing desires.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 14, Sec. 6.01, eff. Nov. 12, 1991. Renumbered from Sec. 672.010 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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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