Texas § 166.087 PROCEDURE WHEN DECLARANT IS INCOMPETENT OR INCAPABLE OF COMMUNICATION.

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§ 166.087 — PROCEDURE WHEN DECLARANT IS INCOMPETENT OR INCAPABLE OF COMMUNICATION.

Texas § 166.087

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 166.087 (2026).

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Sec. 166.087. PROCEDURE WHEN DECLARANT IS INCOMPETENT OR INCAPABLE OF COMMUNICATION.

(a)This section applies when a person 18 years of age or older has executed or issued an out-of-hospital DNR order and subsequently becomes incompetent or otherwise mentally or physically incapable of communication.

(b)If the adult person has designated a person to make a treatment decision as authorized by Section 166.032 (c), the attending physician and the designated person shall comply with the out-of-hospital DNR order.

(c)If the adult person has not designated a person to make a treatment decision as authorized by Section 166.032 (c), the attending physician shall comply with the out-of-hospital DNR order unless the physician believes that the order does not reflect the person's present desire.

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Sec. 166.087. PROCEDURE WHEN DECLARANT IS INCOMPETENT OR INCAPABLE OF COMMUNICATION. (a) This section applies when a person 18 years of age or older has executed or issued an out-of-hospital DNR order and subsequently becomes incompetent or otherwise mentally or physically incapable of communication.
(b) If the adult person has designated a person to make a treatment decision as authorized by Section 166.032 (c), the attending physician and the designated person shall comply with the out-of-hospital DNR order.
(c) If the adult person has not designated a person to make a treatment decision as authorized by Section 166.032 (c), the attending physician shall comply with the out-of-hospital DNR order unless the physician believes that the order does not reflect the person's present desire.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 10, eff. June 16, 1995. Renumbered from Sec. 674.007 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.