Sec. 258.003. PROHIBITION OF MANDATORY OVERTIME. (a) A hospital may not require a nurse to work mandatory overtime, and a nurse may refuse to work mandatory overtime.
(b) This section does not prohibit a nurse from volunteering to work overtime.
(c) A hospital may not use on-call time as a substitute for mandatory overtime.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 (S.B. 476), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.