Tex. Health & Safety Code § 193.004 · Chapter 193. DEATH RECORDS
PERSONAL AND MEDICAL INFORMATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The person required to file a death certificate shall obtain the required personal information from a competent person with knowledge of the facts.
(b) The person required to file a fetal death certificate shall obtain the required personal information from the person best qualified to furnish the information.
(c) A person required to obtain information under this section shall obtain the information over the signature of the person who furnishes the information.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.193.htm
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