Texas Statutes
§ 166.051 — LEGAL RIGHT OR RESPONSIBILITY NOT AFFECTED.
Texas § 166.051
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Bluebook
Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 166.051 (2026).
Text
Sec. 166.051. LEGAL RIGHT OR RESPONSIBILITY NOT AFFECTED. This subchapter does not impair or supersede any legal right or responsibility a person may have to effect the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in a lawful manner, provided that if an attending physician or health care facility is unwilling to honor a patient's advance directive or a treatment decision to provide life-sustaining treatment, life-sustaining treatment is required to be provided the patient, but only until a reasonable opportunity has been afforded for transfer of the patient to another physician or health care facility willing to comply with the advance directive or treatment decision.
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Related
Miller Ex Rel. Miller v. HCA, INC.
118 S.W.3d 758 (Texas Supreme Court, 2003)
Legislative History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 672.021 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Nearby Sections
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§ 166.001
SHORT TITLE.§ 166.002
DEFINITIONS.§ 166.003
WITNESSES.§ 166.008
CONFLICT BETWEEN ADVANCE DIRECTIVES.§ 166.011
DIGITAL OR ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE.§ 166.031
DEFINITIONS.§ 166.033
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