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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 166.0445

LIMITATION ON LIABILITY FOR PERFORMING CERTAIN MEDICAL PROCEDURES

Known as the Advance Directives Act

The act spans §§ 166–166 (82 sections).

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3162), Sec. 1, eff

(a) A physician or a health care professional acting under the direction of a physician is not subject to civil liability for participating in a medical procedure performed under Section 166.046(d-2).

(b) A physician or a health care professional acting under the direction of a physician is not subject to criminal liability for participating in a medical procedure performed under Section 166.046(d-2) unless:

(1) the physician or health care professional in participating in the medical procedure acted with a specific malicious intent to cause the death of the patient and that conduct significantly hastened the patient's death; and

(2) the hastening of the patient's death is not attributable to the risks associated with the medical procedure.

(c) A physician or a health care professional acting under the direction of a physician has not engaged in unprofessional conduct by participating in a medical procedure performed under Section 166.046(d-2) unless the physician or health care professional in participating in the medical procedure acted with a specific malicious intent to harm the patient.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.