Tex. Health & Safety Code § 693.005 · Subchapter A. REMOVAL OF BODY PARTS OR TISSUE
IMMUNITY FROM DAMAGES IN CIVIL ACTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In a civil action brought by a person listed in Section 692A.009 who did not object before the removal of tissue or a body part specified by Section 693.002, a medical examiner, justice of the peace, county judge, medical facility, physician acting on permission of a medical examiner, justice of the peace, or county judge, or person assisting a physician is not liable for damages on a theory of civil recovery based on a contention that the plaintiff's consent was required before the body part or tissue could be removed.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1220, Sec. 1, eff. July 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 186 (H.B. 2027), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2009.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.693.htm
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