{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.0445","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.0445","heading":"LIMITATION ON LIABILITY FOR PERFORMING CERTAIN MEDICAL PROCEDURES.","body":"(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).\n(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:\n(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\n(2) the hastening of the patient's death is not attributable to the risks associated with the medical procedure.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3162), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.","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#166.0445","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"b959a5bffcd08db6e1d20ab92cd012a39f1dbf96a0fba99633e316e7bac42729","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.044","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.045"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}