Tex. Health & Safety Code § 171.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PHYSICIAN TO PERFORM.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An abortion may be performed only by a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 999, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.171.htm
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- sha256 61ca057e2f7b630902557781b3ad0bc9fcbae71b1515a704d823a81e0819e65c
- Composed by
- 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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