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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 613.005: INTERVIEW AND EVALUATION ORDER BY COURT.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
- SUBTITLE E. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO MENTAL ILLNESS AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
- CHAPTER 613. KIDNEY DONATION BY WARD WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
(a) Before the eighth day after the date of the hearing, the court shall interview the ward with an intellectual disability to determine if the ward assents to the donation. The interview shall be conducted in chambers and out of the presence of the guardian.
(b) If the court considers it necessary, the court may order the performance of a determination of intellectual disability, as provided by Section 593.005, to help the court evaluate the ward's capacity to agree to the donation.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 60, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 30 (H.B. 446), Sec. 6.12, eff. September 1, 2023.
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