Tex. Health & Safety Code § 693.003 · Subchapter A. REMOVAL OF BODY PARTS OR TISSUE
CONSENT NOT REQUIRED IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If a person listed in Section 692A.009 cannot be identified and contacted within four hours after death is pronounced and the county court determines that no reasonable likelihood exists that a person can be identified and contacted during the four-hour period, the county court may permit the removal of a nonvisceral organ or tissue.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 186 (H.B. 2027), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2009.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.693.htm
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