Tex. Health & Safety Code § 773.008 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CONSENT FOR EMERGENCY CARE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Consent for emergency care of an individual is not required if:
(1) the individual is:
(A) unable to communicate because of an injury, accident, or illness or is unconscious; and
(B) suffering from what reasonably appears to be a life-threatening injury or illness;
(2) a court of record orders the treatment of an individual who is in an imminent emergency to prevent the individual's serious bodily injury or loss of life; or
(3) the individual is a minor who is suffering from what reasonably appears to be a life-threatening injury or illness and whose parents, managing or possessory conservator, or guardian is not present.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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.773.htm
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