Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 48.207 · Subchapter E. PROVISION OF SERVICES; EMERGENCY PROTECTION
OBJECTION TO MEDICAL TREATMENT.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
This chapter does not authorize or require any medical treatment of a person who objects on the grounds that he is an adherent or member of a recognized church or religious denomination the tenets and practice of which may include reliance solely upon spiritual means through prayer for healing.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 303, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Renumbered from Sec. 48.102 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 907, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.48.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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