{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-74.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 74.101","heading":"THEORY OF RECOVERY.","body":"In a suit against a physician or health care provider involving a health care liability claim that is based on the failure of the physician or health care provider to disclose or adequately disclose the risks and hazards involved in the medical care or surgical procedure rendered by the physician or health care provider, the only theory on which recovery may be obtained is that of negligence in failing to disclose the risks or hazards that could have influenced a reasonable person in making a decision to give or withhold consent.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 10.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 4. LIABILITY IN TORT","CHAPTER 74. MEDICAL LIABILITY","SUBCHAPTER C. INFORMED CONSENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.74.htm#74.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"7dbe3f01ac97cc9fe4b636a66ad15bb510af116bed4a267442cd2d62556712ee","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-74.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-74.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}