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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 693.003: CONSENT NOT REQUIRED IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY
- SUBTITLE B. DISPOSITION OF THE BODY
- CHAPTER 693. REMOVAL OF BODY PARTS, BODY TISSUE, AND CORNEAL TISSUE
- SUBCHAPTER A. REMOVAL OF BODY PARTS OR TISSUE
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.
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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