{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-313.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 313.003","heading":"EXCEPTIONS AND APPLICATION.","body":"(a) This chapter does not apply to:\n(1) a decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment from qualified terminal or irreversible patients under Subchapter B, Chapter 166;\n(2) a health care decision made under a medical power of attorney under Subchapter D, Chapter 166, or under Subtitle P, Title 2, Estates Code;\n(3) consent to medical treatment of minors under Chapter 32, Family Code;\n(4) consent for emergency care under Chapter 773;\n(5) hospital patient transfers under Chapter 241; or\n(6) a patient's legal guardian who has the authority to make a decision regarding the patient's medical treatment.\n(b) This chapter does not authorize a decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 407, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 22.045, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE F. POWERS AND DUTIES OF HOSPITALS","CHAPTER 313. CONSENT TO MEDICAL TREATMENT ACT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.313.htm#313.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"fb0d03f1cea83cafc32273a96bc8b4e87ab359637b7cc2bd6e7760bdcca04cc8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-313.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-313.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}