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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 323.052: OPERATION OF SAFE PROGRAM; DESIGNATION OF SAFE PROGRAM AS SAFE-READY FACILITY.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES
- SUBTITLE G. PROVISION OF SERVICES IN CERTAIN FACILITIES
- CHAPTER 323. EMERGENCY SERVICES AND FORENSIC EXAMINATION PROGRAMS FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
- SUBCHAPTER B. SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINATION PROGRAMS
(a) A person may operate a SAFE program only if:
(1) the program meets the minimum standards established under Section 323.053; and
(2) the program provides forensic medical examinations to sexual assault survivors in accordance with Section 323.054.
(b) The Health and Human Services Commission shall designate a SAFE program described by Subsection (a) as a SAFE-ready facility under Section 323.0015 if the program notifies the commission that the program employs or contracts with a sexual assault forensic examiner or uses a telemedicine system of sexual assault forensic examiners to provide consultation during a sexual assault forensic medical examination to a nurse or physician licensed to practice in this state.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 822 (H.B. 2706), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2021.
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