Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.034
ISSUANCE OF NONWRITTEN DIRECTIVE BY COMPETENT ADULT QUALIFIED PATIENT
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.034, ISSUANCE OF NONWRITTEN DIRECTIVE BY COMPETENT ADULT QUALIFIED PATIENT, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/668669
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(a) A competent qualified patient who is an adult may issue a directive by a nonwritten means of communication.
(b) A declarant must issue the nonwritten directive in the presence of the attending physician and two witnesses who qualify under Section 166.003, at least one of whom must be a witness who qualifies under Section 166.003(2).
(c) The physician shall make the fact of the existence of the directive a part of the declarant's medical record, and the names of the witnesses shall be entered in the medical record.