{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-167a.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 167A.002","heading":"LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN PELVIC EXAMINATIONS.","body":"(a) A health care practitioner may not perform or delegate to another individual, including a student training to become a health care practitioner, the performance of a pelvic examination on an anesthetized or unconscious patient unless:\n(1) the pelvic examination is within the standard scope of a procedure or diagnostic examination scheduled to be performed on the patient;\n(2) the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative gives informed consent for the pelvic examination as provided by Subsection (b);\n(3) the pelvic examination is necessary for diagnosis or treatment of the patient's medical condition; or\n(4) the pelvic examination is for the purpose of collecting evidence.\n(b) To obtain informed consent to perform a pelvic examination on an unconscious or anesthetized patient, a health care practitioner must:\n(1) provide the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative with a written or electronic informed consent form that:\n(A) may be included as a distinct or separate section of a general informed consent form;\n(B) contains the following heading at the top of the form in at least 18-point boldface type: \"CONSENT FOR EXAMINATION OF PELVIC REGION\";\n(C) specifies the nature and purpose of the pelvic examination;\n(D) informs the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative that a medical student or resident may be present if the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative authorizes the student or resident to:\n(i) perform the pelvic examination; or\n(ii) observe or otherwise be present at the pelvic examination, either in person or through electronic means;\n(E) allows the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative the opportunity to consent to or refuse to consent to the pelvic examination; and\n(F) allows a patient or a patient's legally authorized representative that consents to a pelvic examination under Paragraph (E) the opportunity to authorize or refuse to authorize:\n(i) a medical student or resident to perform the pelvic examination; or\n(ii) a medical student or resident to observe or otherwise be present at the pelvic examination, either in person or through electronic means;\n(2) obtain the signature of the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative on the informed consent form; and\n(3) sign the informed consent form.\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 251 (H.B. 1434), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 167A. PELVIC EXAMINATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.167A.htm#167A.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"2fd3fab3952a44149540c96cf6010c5c06bacf054b2ab2fc096d8eb8ed0df040","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-167a.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-167a.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}