{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-171.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 171.003","heading":"PHYSICIAN TO PERFORM.","body":"An abortion may be performed only by a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 999, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 171. ABORTION","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.171.htm#171.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"79422ee20cd8c01d42225cb702ae64b22d59ca50c07ec778246896cf19628896","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-171.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-171.0031"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}