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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 166.085

EXECUTION OF OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DNR ORDER ON BEHALF OF A MINOR

Known as the Advance Directives Act

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

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 10, eff

(a) The following persons may execute an out-of-hospital DNR order on behalf of a minor:

(1) the minor's parents;

(2) the minor's legal guardian; or

(3) the minor's managing conservator.

(b) A person listed under Subsection (a) may not execute an out-of-hospital DNR order unless the minor has been diagnosed by a physician as suffering from a terminal or irreversible condition.

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