{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-313.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 313.007","heading":"LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.","body":"(a) A surrogate decision-maker is not subject to criminal or civil liability for consenting to medical care under this chapter if the consent is made in good faith.\n(b) An attending physician, home and community support services agency, hospital, or nursing home or a person acting as an agent for or under the control of the physician, home and community support services agency, hospital, or nursing home is not subject to criminal or civil liability and has not engaged in unprofessional conduct if the medical treatment consented to under this chapter:\n(1) is done in good faith under the consent to medical treatment; and\n(2) does not constitute a failure to exercise due care in the provision of the medical treatment.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 407, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1271 (H.B. 3473), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007.","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#313.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"e55b177f533d350089082e9c80bfcc6605c81bd9f62b41eb89a4fd1c778a3fde","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-313.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-314.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}