Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.114 · Subchapter C. INQUESTS BY MEDICAL EXAMINER
WHEN AUTOPSIES REQUIRED; USE OF FACILITIES.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The medical examiner, or the medical examiner's authorized deputy, shall immediately perform an autopsy if:
(1) in the opinion of the medical examiner an autopsy is necessary; or
(2) an autopsy is requested by the district attorney or criminal district attorney or by the county attorney if there is not a district attorney or criminal district attorney.
(b) A medical examiner is not required to perform an autopsy on the body of a person whose death was caused by a communicable disease during a public health disaster.
(c) In performing an autopsy, the medical examiner or the medical examiner's authorized deputy may use a facility of a municipal or county hospital in the county or any other facility that is made available.
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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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