Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES |
Subtitle B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES |
Chapter 258. MANDATORY OVERTIME FOR NURSES PROHIBITED |
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.