{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-323.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 323.052","heading":"OPERATION OF SAFE PROGRAM; DESIGNATION OF SAFE PROGRAM AS SAFE-READY FACILITY.","body":"(a) A person may operate a SAFE program only if:\n(1) the program meets the minimum standards established under Section 323.053; and\n(2) the program provides forensic medical examinations to sexual assault survivors in accordance with Section 323.054.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 822 (H.B. 2706), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.323.htm#323.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"ba92096d8fc3c57d2ffb640132119d84ed4a48aec312d66e9afae9ee7e474473","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-323.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-323.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}