Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56A.302 · Subchapter G. FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM
APPLICABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
This subchapter applies to the following health care providers that provide diagnosis or treatment services to victims of sexual assault:
(1) a general or special hospital licensed under Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code;
(2) a general or special hospital owned by this state;
(3) an outpatient clinic;
(4) a private physician's office; and
(5) a SAFE program as defined by Section 323.051, Health and Safety Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.05, eff. January 1, 2021.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 817 (H.B. 2462), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 822 (H.B. 2706), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021.
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