Texas § 166.102 PHYSICIAN'S DNR ORDER MAY BE HONORED BY HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL OTHER THAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL.

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§ 166.102 — PHYSICIAN'S DNR ORDER MAY BE HONORED BY HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL OTHER THAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL.

Texas § 166.102

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 166.102 (2026).

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Sec. 166.102. 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 . SUBCHAPTER D. MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY

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Sec. 166.102. 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 .
SUBCHAPTER D. MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY

Legislative History

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.