A person does not commit an offense under Section 22.08, Penal Code, by withholding cardiopulmonary resuscitation or certain other life-sustaining treatment designated by department rule from a person in accordance with this subchapter.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 166.096
HONORING OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DNR ORDER DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OFFENSE OF AIDING SUICIDE
Known as the Advance Directives Act
The act spans §§ 166–166 (82 sections).
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 10, 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.