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2021 Texas Statutes
Health and Safety Code
Title 2 - Health
Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions
Chapter 166 - Advance Directives
Subchapter C. Out-of-Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders
- Section 166.081. Definitions
- Section 166.082. Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order; Directive to Physicians
- Section 166.083. Form of Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order
- Section 166.084. Issuance of Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order by Nonwritten Communication
- Section 166.085. Execution of Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order on Behalf of a Minor
- Section 166.086. Desire of Person Supersedes Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order
- Section 166.087. Procedure When Declarant Is Incompetent or Incapable of Communication
- Section 166.088. Procedure When Person Has Not Executed or Issued Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order and Is Incompetent or Incapable of Communication
- Section 166.089. Compliance With Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order
- Section 166.090. Dnr Identification Device
- Section 166.091. Duration of Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order
- Section 166.092. Revocation of Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order
- Section 166.093. Reexecution of Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order
- Section 166.094. Limitation on Liability for Withholding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Certain Other Life-Sustaining Procedures
- Section 166.095. Limitation on Liability for Failure to Effectuate Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order
- Section 166.096. Honoring Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order Does Not Constitute Offense of Aiding Suicide
- Section 166.097. Criminal Penalty; Prosecution
- Section 166.098. Pregnant Persons
- Section 166.099. Mercy Killing Not Condoned
- Section 166.100. Legal Right or Responsibility Not Affected
- Section 166.101. Duties of Department and Executive Commissioner
- Section 166.102. Physician's Dnr Order May Be Honored by Health Care Personnel Other Than Emergency Medical Services Personnel
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