Tex. Health & Safety Code § 166.202 · Subchapter E. HEALTH CARE FACILITY DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE ORDERS
APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
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(a) This subchapter applies to a DNR order issued in a health care facility or hospital.
(b) This subchapter does not apply to an out-of-hospital DNR order as defined by Section 166.081.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 11 (S.B. 11), Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2018.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.166.htm
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