EXCEPTIONS AND APPLICATION.
Tex. HEALTH & SAFETY Code § 313.003.
in effect(a) This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment from qualified terminal or irreversible patients under Subchapter B , Chapter 166 ;
(2) a health care decision made under a medical power of attorney under Subchapter D , Chapter 166 , or under Subtitle P, Title 2, Estates Code;
(3) consent to medical treatment of minors under Chapter 32 , Family Code;
(4) consent for emergency care under Chapter 773 ;
(5) hospital patient transfers under Chapter 241 ; or
(6) a patient's legal guardian who has the authority to make a decision regarding the patient's medical treatment.
(b) This chapter does not authorize a decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 407, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.