(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 Chapter XII, Texas Probate 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.