{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-671a.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 671A.001","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this chapter, \"private autopsy facility\" means a facility that is owned or operated by a physician who performs autopsy services for a fee or that employs a physician to perform autopsy services for a fee, including autopsy services performed on the order of a justice of the peace. The term does not include a medical examiner's office.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 374 (S.B. 256), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","SUBTITLE A. DEATH","CHAPTER 671A. NOTICE REQUIRED AT PRIVATE AUTOPSY FACILITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.671A.htm#671A.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"b7b762f4cb2e02db7f8cde123021addd63309df1de66a51bd5d5d4e5d25c613e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-671.013","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-671a.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}