Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.064 · Subchapter B. INQUESTS BY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
TAKING SAMPLES; LIMITED AUTOPSIES.
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Text of article effective on April 01, 2027
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a justice of the peace determines that a complete autopsy is unnecessary to confirm or determine the cause of death, the justice may order a physician to take or remove from a body a sample of body fluids, tissues, or organs to determine the nature and cause of death. Except as provided by Subsection (b), a justice may not order a person other than a physician to take a sample from the body of a deceased person.
(b) A justice of the peace may order a physician, qualified technician, paramedic, chemist, registered nurse, or licensed vocational nurse to take a specimen of blood from the body of a person:
(1) who died as the result of a motor vehicle collision if the justice determines that circumstances indicate that the person may have been driving while intoxicated; or
(2) to aid in the confirmation or determination of the cause and manner of the person's death while conducting an inquest.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 202 (H.B. 1610), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2027.
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