Tex. Health & Safety Code § 258.005 · Chapter 258. MANDATORY OVERTIME FOR NURSES PROHIBITED

RETALIATION PROHIBITED.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

A hospital may not suspend, terminate, or otherwise discipline or discriminate against a nurse who refuses to work mandatory overtime or reports violations of this chapter to hospital management or the commission.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 (S.B. 476), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

Amended by:

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 398 (H.B. 2187), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.258.htm
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