Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 137.010
This is the official text of Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 137.010, part of Texas’s Civil Practice and Remedies Code — sets procedural rules and available remedies for civil lawsuits.
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§ 137.010. REVOCATION.
Official statutory text
(a) A declaration for mental health treatment is revoked when a principal who is not incapacitated:
(1) notifies a licensed or certified health or residential care provider of the revocation;
(2) acts in a manner that demonstrates a specific intent to revoke the declaration; or
(3) executes a later declaration for mental health treatment.
(b) A principal's health or residential care provider who is informed of or provided with a revocation of a declaration for mental health treatment immediately shall:
(1) record the revocation in the principal's medical record; and
(2) give notice of the revocation to any other health or residential care provider the provider knows to be responsible for the principal's care.
(1) notifies a licensed or certified health or residential care provider of the revocation;
(2) acts in a manner that demonstrates a specific intent to revoke the declaration; or
(3) executes a later declaration for mental health treatment.
(b) A principal's health or residential care provider who is informed of or provided with a revocation of a declaration for mental health treatment immediately shall:
(1) record the revocation in the principal's medical record; and
(2) give notice of the revocation to any other health or residential care provider the provider knows to be responsible for the principal's care.
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