Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 258.003
Prohibition of Mandatory Overtime

(a)

A hospital may not require a nurse to work mandatory overtime, and a nurse may refuse to work mandatory overtime.

(b)

This section does not prohibit a nurse from volunteering to work overtime.

(c)

A hospital may not use on-call time as a substitute for mandatory overtime.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 (S.B. 476), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

Source: Section 258.003 — Prohibition of Mandatory Overtime, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.258.htm#258.003 (accessed Feb. 26, 2025).

258.001
Definitions 258.002
Mandatory Overtime 258.003
Prohibition of Mandatory Overtime 258.004
Exceptions 258.005
Retaliation Prohibited

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Original Source: Section 258.003 — Prohibition of Mandatory Overtime, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.258.htm#258.003 (last accessed Feb. 26, 2025).

Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 258.003 Prohibition of Mandatory Overtime

(a)

(b)

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Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 258.003
Prohibition of Mandatory Overtime