LIMITATION ON LIABILITY FOR PERFORMING CERTAIN MEDICAL PROCEDURES.
Tex. HEALTH & SAFETY Code § 166.0445.
in effect(a) A physician or a health care professional acting under the direction of a physician is not subject to civil liability for participating in a medical procedure performed under Section 166.046 (d-2).
(b) A physician or a health care professional acting under the direction of a physician is not subject to criminal liability for participating in a medical procedure performed under Section 166.046 (d-2) unless:
(1) the physician or health care professional in participating in the medical procedure acted with a specific malicious intent to cause the death of the patient and that conduct significantly hastened the patient's death; and
(2) the hastening of the patient's death is not attributable to the risks associated with the medical procedure.
(c) A physician or a health care professional acting under the direction of a physician has not engaged in unprofessional conduct by participating in a medical procedure performed under Section 166.046 (d-2) unless the physician or health care professional in participating in the medical procedure acted with a specific malicious intent to harm the patient.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3162 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.