Sec. 166.102. PHYSICIAN'S DNR ORDER MAY BE HONORED BY HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL OTHER THAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a licensed nurse or person providing health care services in an out-of-hospital setting may honor a physician's do-not-resuscitate order.
(b) When responding to a call for assistance, emergency medical services personnel:
(1) shall honor only a properly executed or issued out-of-hospital DNR order or prescribed DNR identification device in accordance with this subchapter; and
(2) have no duty to review, examine, interpret, or honor a person's other written directive, including a written directive in the form prescribed by Section 166.033.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1228, Sec. 7, eff. June 20, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 710 (H.B. 577), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
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