Texas Statutes
§ 166.086 — DESIRE OF PERSON SUPERSEDES OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DNR ORDER.
Texas § 166.086
JurisdictionTexas
Code HSHealth and Safety Code
This text of Texas § 166.086 (DESIRE OF PERSON SUPERSEDES OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DNR ORDER.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 166.086 (2026).
Text
Sec. 166.086. DESIRE OF PERSON SUPERSEDES OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DNR ORDER. The desire of a competent person, including a competent minor, supersedes the effect of an out-of-hospital DNR order executed or issued by or on behalf of the person when the desire is communicated to responding health care professionals as provided by this subchapter.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Legislative History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 10, eff. June 16, 1995. Renumbered from Sec. 674.006 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 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
FORM OF WRITTEN DIRECTIVE.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
Texas § 166.086, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/HS/166.086.