Sec. 258.003. PROHIBITION OF MANDATORY OVERTIME  


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  • (a) A hospital may not require a nurse to work mandatory overtime, and a nurse may refuse to work mandatory overtime.

    (b) This section does not prohibit a nurse from volunteering to work overtime.

    (c) A hospital may not use on-call time as a substitute for mandatory overtime.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 , Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.