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Texas Health & Safety Code - Section 166.036. Notarized Document Not Required; Requirement Of Specific Form Prohibited

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§ 166.036. NOTARIZED DOCUMENT NOT REQUIRED;  REQUIREMENT 
OF SPECIFIC FORM PROHIBITED.  (a) A written directive executed 
under Section 166.033 or 166.035 is effective without regard to 
whether the document has been notarized.
	(b)  A physician, health care facility, or health care 
professional may not require that:
		(1)  a directive be notarized;  or                                            
		(2)  a person use a form provided by the physician, 
health care facility, or health care professional.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, § 1.03, eff. Sept. 1, 
1999.      

Last modified: August 11, 2007