Tex. Health & Safety Code § 166.085 · Subchapter C. OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE ORDERS
EXECUTION OF OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DNR ORDER ON BEHALF OF A MINOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The following persons may execute an out-of-hospital DNR order on behalf of a minor:
(1) the minor's parents;
(2) the minor's legal guardian; or
(3) the minor's managing conservator.
(b) A person listed under Subsection (a) may not execute an out-of-hospital DNR order unless the minor has been diagnosed by a physician as suffering from a terminal or irreversible condition.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 10, eff. June 16, 1995. Renumbered from Sec. 674.005 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1228, Sec. 6, eff. June 20, 2003.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.166.htm
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