The refusal by a nurse to work mandatory overtime as authorized by Chapter 258, Health and Safety Code, does not constitute patient abandonment or neglect.
Official text of the Texas Occupations Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.
Occupations Code › Title 3 › Chapter 301 › Subchapter H
Texas Occupations Code § 301.356
Refusal of Mandatory Overtime
Nurses · Practice by License Holder
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 (S.B. 476), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.