Tex. Health & Safety Code § 167A.001 · Chapter 167A. PELVIC EXAMINATIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Health care practitioner" means a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse licensed to practice in this state.
(2) "Patient's legally authorized representative" means:
(A) a parent, managing conservator, or guardian of a patient, if the patient is a minor;
(B) a guardian of the patient, if the patient has been adjudicated incompetent to manage the patient's personal affairs; or
(C) an agent of the patient authorized under a durable power of attorney for health care.
(3) "Pelvic examination" means a physical examination by a health care practitioner of a patient's external and internal reproductive organs, genitalia, or rectum.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 251 (H.B. 1434), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.167A.htm
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