Tex. Health & Safety Code § 258.002
Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
For purposes of this chapter, "mandatory overtime" means a requirement that a nurse work hours or days that are in addition to the hours or days scheduled, regardless of the length of a scheduled shift or the number of scheduled shifts each week. In determining whether work is mandatory overtime, prescheduled on-call time or time immediately before or after a scheduled shift necessary to document or communicate patient status to ensure patient safety is not included.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 258.002