Tex. Fam. Code § 33.005 · Chapter 33. NOTICE OF AND CONSENT TO ABORTION
AFFIDAVIT OF PHYSICIAN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A physician may execute for inclusion in the minor's medical record an affidavit stating that, after reasonable inquiry, it is the belief of the physician that:
(1) the minor has made an application or filed a notice of an appeal with a court under this chapter;
(2) the deadline for court action imposed by this chapter has passed; and
(3) the physician has been notified that the court has not denied the application or appeal.
(b) A physician who in good faith has executed an affidavit under Subsection (a) may rely on the affidavit and may perform the abortion as if the court had issued an order granting the application or appeal.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 395, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.33.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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