{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.035","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.035","heading":"EXECUTION OF DIRECTIVE ON BEHALF OF PATIENT YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE.","body":"The following persons may execute a directive on behalf of a qualified patient who is younger than 18 years of age:\n(1) the patient's spouse, if the spouse is an adult;\n(2) the patient's parents; or\n(3) the patient's legal guardian.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 672.006 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 166. ADVANCE DIRECTIVES","SUBCHAPTER B. DIRECTIVE TO PHYSICIANS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.166.htm#166.035","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"7a68454b7ae95cb0a3ff92cf12eac0b93645fb2c5eed3a197fd9e3ae2e06f191","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.034","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.036"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}