Nikolouzos v. St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital

MAJORITY OPINION

CHARLES W. SEYMORE, Justice.

This is an attempted interlocutory appeal from the oral denial of appellant’s first and second applications for temporary *680restraining orders. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

The underlying action is brought under the Advance Directives Act,1 specifically Texas Health and Safety Code section 166.046(g), which provides a mechanism to seek a judicial extension of the time period in which to find alternative treatment for a patient when the hospital has determined that life-sustaining treatment is inappropriate. The statute provides:

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