Section 166.087 - Procedure When Declarant Is Incompetent or Incapable of Communication(a) This section applies when a person 18 years of age or older has executed or issued an out-of-hospital DNR order and subsequently becomes incompetent or otherwise mentally or physically incapable of communication.(b) If the adult person has designated a person to make a treatment decision as authorized by Section 166.032(c), the attending physician and the designated person shall comply with the out-of-hospital DNR order.(c) If the adult person has not designated a person to make a treatment decision as authorized by Section 166.032(c), the attending physician shall comply with the out-of-hospital DNR order unless the physician believes that the order does not reflect the person's present desire.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.087
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 10, eff. 6/16/1995. Renumbered from Sec. 674.007 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.04, eff. 9/1/1999.