Sec. 166.086.  DESIRE OF PERSON SUPERSEDES OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DNR ORDER.  The desire of a competent person, including a competent minor, supersedes the effect of an out-of-hospital DNR order executed or issued by or on behalf of the person when the desire is communicated to responding health care professionals as provided by this subchapter.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 10, eff. June 16, 1995.  Renumbered from Sec. 674.006 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.