2019 Texas Statutes
Health and Safety Code
Title 2 - Health
Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions
Chapter 166 - Advance Directives
Subchapter D. Medical Power of Attorney
Section 166.151. Definitions
Sec. 166.151. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Adult" means a person 18 years of age or older or a person under 18 years of age who has had the disabilities of minority removed.
(2) "Agent" means an adult to whom authority to make health care decisions is delegated under a medical power of attorney.
(3) "Health care provider" means an individual or facility licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to administer health care, for profit or otherwise, in the ordinary course of business or professional practice and includes a physician.
(4) "Principal" means an adult who has executed a medical power of attorney.
(5) "Residential care provider" means an individual or facility licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to operate, for profit or otherwise, a residential care home.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 3.02(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Renumbered from Civil Practice & Remedies Code Sec. 135.001 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
