{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-203.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 203.003","heading":"FINDINGS.","body":"The legislature finds:\n(1) a parent has the responsibility and right to give birth where and with whom the parent chooses;\n(2) childbirth is a natural process of the human body and not a disease; and\n(3) midwifery has been practiced in this state since the days of the Republic.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE C. OTHER PROFESSIONS PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 203. MIDWIVES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.203.htm#203.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"f653a31e0787ce386c7342eb8abb294d40282b0cdb0e8712861d8ab822faa718","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-203.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-203.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}