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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.0445: LIMITATION ON LIABILITY FOR PERFORMING CERTAIN MEDICAL PROCEDURES.

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

(a) A physician or a health care professional acting under the direction of a physician is not subject to civil liability for participating in a medical procedure performed under Section 166.046(d-2).

(b) A physician or a health care professional acting under the direction of a physician is not subject to criminal liability for participating in a medical procedure performed under Section 166.046(d-2) unless:

(1) the physician or health care professional in participating in the medical procedure acted with a specific malicious intent to cause the death of the patient and that conduct significantly hastened the patient's death; and

(2) the hastening of the patient's death is not attributable to the risks associated with the medical procedure.

(c) A physician or a health care professional acting under the direction of a physician has not engaged in unprofessional conduct by participating in a medical procedure performed under Section 166.046(d-2) unless the physician or health care professional in participating in the medical procedure acted with a specific malicious intent to harm the patient.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3162), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.

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