{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.153","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.153","heading":"PERSONS WHO MAY NOT EXERCISE AUTHORITY OF AGENT.","body":"A person may not exercise the authority of an agent while the person serves as:\n(1) the principal's health care provider;\n(2) an employee of the principal's health care provider unless the person is a relative of the principal;\n(3) the principal's residential care provider; or\n(4) an employee of the principal's residential care provider unless the person is a relative of the principal.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 3.02(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Renumbered from Civil Practice \u0026 Remedies Code Sec. 135.003 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 166. ADVANCE DIRECTIVES","SUBCHAPTER D. MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.166.htm#166.153","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"9fc8eeccf7d9b8bd0fb3716c623769e0e7ea24ee4f408719061ce100ce496d41","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.152","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.154"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}