Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 137.010

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 137.010 - Revocation

(a) A declaration for mental health treatment is revoked when a principal who is not incapacitated:

(1) notifies a licensed or certified health or residential care provider of the revocation;

(2) acts in a manner that demonstrates a specific intent to revoke the declaration; or

(3) executes a later declaration for mental health treatment.

(b) A principal's health or residential care provider who is informed of or provided with a revocation of a declaration for mental health treatment immediately shall:

(1) record the revocation in the principal's medical record; and

(2) give notice of the revocation to any other health or residential care provider the provider knows to be responsible for the principal's care.

Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code § 137.010

Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 464, Sec. 4, eff. 6/18/1999.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1318, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1997.