REVOCATION — Texas Code § HS.166.155
Texas Code § HS.166.155 — REVOCATION. Reproduced from the official The Texas Constitution, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ HS.166.155. REVOCATION
REVOCATION; EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF MARRIAGE. (a) A medical power of attorney is revoked by: (1) oral or written notification at any time by the principal to the agent or a licensed or certified health or residential care provider or by any other act evidencing a specific intent to revoke the power, without regard to whether the principal is competent or the principal's mental state; or (2) execution by the principal of a subsequent medical power of attorney. (a-1) An agent's authority under a medical power of attorney is revoked if the agent's marriage to the principal is dissolved, annulled, or declared void unless the medical power of attorney provides otherwise. (b) A principal's licensed or certified health or residential care provider who is informed of or provided with a revocation of a medical power of attorney shall immediately record the revocation in the principal's medical record and give notice of the revocation to the agent and any known health and residential care providers currently responsible for the principal's care. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 3.02(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Renumbered from Civil Practice & Remedies Code Sec. 135.005 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 995 (H.B. 995 ), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2018. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 995 (H.B. 995 ), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2018.
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- Citation: The Texas Constitution § HS.166.155
- Jurisdiction: Texas
- Code: The Texas Constitution
- Subject: REVOCATION
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