Tex. Gov't Code § 607.001 · Subchapter A. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this chapter, "public safety employee" means a peace officer, fire fighter, detention officer, county jailer, or emergency medical services employee of this state or a political subdivision of this state.
(b) In this subchapter:
(1) "Death investigation professional" means:
(A) a justice of the peace;
(B) a death investigator employed under Article 49.23, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(C) a medical examiner or an employee of the medical examiner's office employed under Section 3, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(2) "Inquest" has the meaning assigned by Article 49.01, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 986 (H.B. 1928), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 934 (H.B. 1306), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.607.htm
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Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.01DEFINITIONS.Printed as Article 49.01, Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.23OFFICE OF DEATH INVESTIGATOR.Printed as Article 49.23, Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.25MEDICAL EXAMINERSPrinted as Article 49.25, Code of Criminal Procedure
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