Texas § HS.162.019 - DUTY OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS
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§ HS.162.019. DUTY OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS
DUTY OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a physician or other person permitted by law to attend a pregnant woman during gestation or at delivery of an infant shall provide the woman with the brochure described in Section 162.018 before the third trimester of the woman's pregnancy or as soon as reasonably feasible. (b) A person described in Subsection (a) who attends a pregnant woman during delivery of her infant shall permit the mother to arrange for umbilical cord blood storage or donation if the mother requests unless, in the opinion of the person, the donation threatens the health of the mother or her infant. (c) A person described by Subsection (a) is not required to distribute the brochure under Subsection (a) or to permit for the arrangement of umbilical cord blood storage or donation under Subsection (b) if the action conflicts with the person's religious beliefs and the person makes this fact known to the mother as soon as reasonably feasible. (d) A person described by Subsection (a) is not required to distribute the brochure under Subsection (a) while treating the pregnant woman for an emergency condition or when the mother presents in labor and delivers the infant during that presentation. (e) A person described by Subsection (a) is not required to distribute the brochure under Subsection (a) if the woman provides the person with a written statement that she chooses to view the materials on the website described by Section 162.018 (b). (f) A person described by Subsection (a) who fails to distribute the brochure is not subject to discipline by the appropriate licensing agency and a cause of action is not created by any failure to distribute the brochure as required by this section. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 104 (H.B. 709 ), Sec. 1, eff. May 17, 2007.
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