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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.096

HONORING OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DNR ORDER DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OFFENSE OF AIDING SUICIDE

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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.096, HONORING OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DNR ORDER DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OFFENSE OF AIDING SUICIDE, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/668708
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A person does not commit an offense under Section 22.08, Penal Code, by withholding cardiopulmonary resuscitation or certain other life-sustaining treatment designated by department rule from a person in accordance with this subchapter.