This subchapter does not condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing or permit an affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life except to permit the natural process of dying as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 166.099
MERCY KILLING NOT CONDONED
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.