Tex. Health & Safety Code § 52A.002 · Chapter 52A. SICKLE CELL DISEASE CARE EDUCATION AND TREATMENT
EMERGENCY AND PRIMARY CARE MEDICINE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM CURRICULUM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "graduate medical education program" and "medical school" have the meanings assigned by Section 58A.001, Education Code.
(b) A medical school or graduate medical education program in this state that offers an emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics, or pediatrics residency program shall examine and, to the extent possible, incorporate in the curriculum requirements for the program education focused on sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait. The medical school or graduate medical education program may enter into agreements as necessary for the purposes of this section.
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History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 409 (H.B. 1488), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.
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