This subchapter does not impair or supersede any legal right or responsibility a person may have to effect the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in a lawful manner, provided that if an attending physician or health care facility is unwilling to honor a patient's advance directive or a treatment decision to provide life-sustaining treatment, life-sustaining treatment is required to be provided the patient, but only until a reasonable opportunity has been afforded for transfer of the patient to another physician or health care facility willing to comply with the advance directive or treatment decision.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 166.051
LEGAL RIGHT OR RESPONSIBILITY NOT AFFECTED
Known as the Advance Directives Act
The act spans §§ 166–166 (82 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Miller Ex Rel. Miller v. HCA, INC. (2003)
Most recently applied in Miller Ex Rel. Miller v. HCA, INC. (September 2003)
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.