Sec. 166.084. ISSUANCE OF OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DNR ORDER BY NONWRITTEN COMMUNICATION. (a) A competent person who is an adult may issue an out-of-hospital DNR order by nonwritten communication.
(b) A declarant must issue the nonwritten out-of-hospital DNR order in the presence of the attending physician and two witnesses who qualify under Section 166.003, at least one of whom must be a witness who qualifies under Section 166.003(2).
(c) The attending physician and witnesses shall sign the out-of-hospital DNR order in the place of the document provided by Section 166.083(b)(7) and the attending physician shall sign the document in the place required by Section 166.083(b)(13). The physician shall make the fact of the existence of the out-of-hospital DNR order a part of the declarant's medical record and the names of the witnesses shall be entered in the medical record.
(d) An out-of-hospital DNR order issued in the manner provided by this section is valid and shall be honored by responding health care professionals as if executed in the manner provided by Section 166.082.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 10, eff. June 16, 1995. Renumbered from Sec. 674.004 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions
Chapter 166 - Advance Directives
Subchapter C. Out-of-Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders
Section 166.082. Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order; Directive to Physicians
Section 166.083. Form of Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order
Section 166.084. Issuance of Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order by Nonwritten Communication
Section 166.085. Execution of Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order on Behalf of a Minor
Section 166.086. Desire of Person Supersedes Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order
Section 166.087. Procedure When Declarant Is Incompetent or Incapable of Communication
Section 166.089. Compliance With Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order
Section 166.090. Dnr Identification Device
Section 166.091. Duration of Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order
Section 166.092. Revocation of Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order
Section 166.093. Reexecution of Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order
Section 166.095. Limitation on Liability for Failure to Effectuate Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order
Section 166.096. Honoring Out-of-Hospital Dnr Order Does Not Constitute Offense of Aiding Suicide
Section 166.097. Criminal Penalty; Prosecution
Section 166.098. Pregnant Persons
Section 166.099. Mercy Killing Not Condoned
Section 166.100. Legal Right or Responsibility Not Affected
Section 166.101. Duties of Department and Executive Commissioner