Tex. Health & Safety Code § 591.006 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CONSENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Consent given by a person is legally adequate if the person:
(1) is not a minor and has not been adjudicated incompetent to manage the person's personal affairs by an appropriate court of law;
(2) understands the information; and
(3) consents voluntarily, free from coercion or undue influence.
(b) The person giving the consent must be informed of and understand:
(1) the nature, purpose, consequences, risks, and benefits of and alternatives to the procedure;
(2) that the withdrawal or refusal of consent will not prejudice the future provision of care and services; and
(3) the method used in the proposed procedure if the person is to receive unusual or hazardous treatment procedures, experimental research, organ transplantation, or nontherapeutic surgery.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.591.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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