Texas § HS.166.102 - PHYSICIAN'S DNR ORDER MAY BE HONORED BY HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL OTHER THAN EMERGENC
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§ HS.166.102. PHYSICIAN'S DNR ORDER MAY BE HONORED BY HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL OTHER THAN EMERGENC
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. SUBCHAPTER D. MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY
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