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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.037: PATIENT DESIRE SUPERSEDES DIRECTIVE.

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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 2. HEALTH
SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 166. ADVANCE DIRECTIVES
SUBCHAPTER B. DIRECTIVE TO PHYSICIANS

The desire of a qualified patient, including a qualified patient younger than 18 years of age, supersedes the effect of a directive.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 672.007 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

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