Texas Health And Safety Code Title 4, Chapter 313 - Consent To Medical Treatment Act

• Texas Section 313.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Consent to Medical Treatment Act. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 407, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
• Texas Section 313.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Adult" means a person 18 years of age or older or a person under 18 years of age who has had...
• Texas Section 313.003 - Exceptions And Application
  (a) This chapter does not apply to: (1) a decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment from qualified terminal or irreversible patients under Subchapter B,...
• Texas Section 313.004 - Consent For Medical Treatment
  (a) If an adult patient of a home and community support services agency or in a hospital or nursing home, or an adult inmate of...
• Texas Section 313.005 - Prerequisites For Consent
  (a) If an adult patient of a home and community support services agency or in a hospital or nursing home, or an adult inmate of...
• Texas Section 313.006 - Liability For Medical Treatment Costs
  Liability for the cost of medical treatment provided as a result of consent to medical treatment by a surrogate decision-maker is the same as the...
• Texas Section 313.007 - Limitation On Liability
  (a) A surrogate decision-maker is not subject to criminal or civil liability for consenting to medical care under this chapter if the consent is made...

Last modified: September 28, 2016