{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-258.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 258.003","heading":"PROHIBITION OF MANDATORY OVERTIME.","body":"(a) A hospital may not require a nurse to work mandatory overtime, and a nurse may refuse to work mandatory overtime.\n(b) This section does not prohibit a nurse from volunteering to work overtime.\n(c) A hospital may not use on-call time as a substitute for mandatory overtime.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 (S.B. 476), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 258. MANDATORY OVERTIME FOR NURSES PROHIBITED"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.258.htm#258.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"4f37d58535e7f8175065047913873cf6620e9c5826b6d3dddab3829e91378d00","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-258.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-258.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}