Tex. Health and Safety Code § 173.008: RECORD RETENTION.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 2. HEALTH
- SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS
- CHAPTER 173. DONATION OF HUMAN FETAL TISSUE
Unless another law requires a longer period of record retention, an authorized facility may not dispose of any medical record relating to a woman who consents to the donation of human fetal tissue before:
(1) the seventh anniversary of the date consent was obtained under Section 173.006; or
(2) if the woman was younger than 18 years of age on the date consent was obtained under Section 173.006, the later of:
(A) the woman's 23rd birthday; or
(B) the seventh anniversary of the date consent was obtained.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2017.
Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:17Z. Source file · JSON