Sec. 137.010. REVOCATION. (a) A declaration for mental health treatment is revoked when a principal who is not incapacitated:
(1) notifies a licensed or certified health or residential care provider of the revocation;
(2) acts in a manner that demonstrates a specific intent to revoke the declaration; or
(3) executes a later declaration for mental health treatment.
(b) A principal's health or residential care provider who is informed of or provided with a revocation of a declaration for mental health treatment immediately shall:
(1) record the revocation in the principal's medical record; and
(2) give notice of the revocation to any other health or residential care provider the provider knows to be responsible for the principal's care.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1318, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 464, Sec. 4, eff. June 18, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Civil Practice and Remedies Code
Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapter 137 - Declaration for Mental Health Treatment
Section 137.002. Persons Who May Execute Declaration for Mental Health Treatment; Period of Validity
Section 137.003. Execution and Witnesses; Execution and Acknowledgment Before Notary Public
Section 137.005. Limitation on Liability
Section 137.006. Discrimination Relating to Execution of Declaration for Mental Health Treatment
Section 137.007. Use and Effect of Declaration for Mental Health Treatment
Section 137.008. Disregard of Declaration for Mental Health Treatment
Section 137.009. Conflicting or Contrary Provisions
Section 137.011. Form of Declaration for Mental Health Treatment