Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 2. HEALTH |
Subtitle H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS |
Chapter 166. ADVANCE DIRECTIVES |
Subchapter B. DIRECTIVE TO PHYSICIANS |
Sec. 166.049. PREGNANT PATIENTS
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A person may not withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment under this subchapter from a pregnant patient.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 672.019 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.