Sections
Subchapter A General Provisions 166.001 – 166.011
Subchapter B Directive to Physicians 166.031 – 166.054
Subchapter C Out-of-Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders 166.081 – 166.102
Subchapter D Medical Power of Attorney 166.151 – 166.166
Subchapter E Health Care Facility Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders 166.201 – 166.209
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Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 166 - Advance Directives

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
  • Effects: includes all personal property and all interest in that property. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Signature: includes the mark of a person unable to write, and "subscribe" includes the making of such a mark. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.
  • Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005