Texas § HS.691.033 - USE OF BODIES AND ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS
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§ HS.691.033. USE OF BODIES AND ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS
USE OF BODIES AND ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS. (a) To further medical or forensic science, a willed body program, non-transplant anatomical donation organization, anatomical facility, or other person designated by the commission may use, dissect, operate on, examine, and experiment on a body or anatomical specimen distributed under this chapter. (b) A willed body program, non-transplant anatomical donation organization, or other person shall keep a permanent record of each body or anatomical specimen received from the commission or the commission's representative. The record: (1) must be sufficient to identify the body or anatomical specimen; (2) must track the body or anatomical specimen from intake to final disposition; and (3) may be inspected by the commission or the commission's representative. (c) A law relating to the prevention of mutilation of a body does not apply to the use of a body as authorized under this section or a dissection, operation, examination, or experiment performed under this section. (d) To aid prosecutions under Section 42.08 , Penal Code, the commission shall adopt rules that clearly state the activities that are authorized by the commission in relation to the use or dissection of a body. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 14.42, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 948, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 624 (S.B. 1214 ), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 961 (S.B. 2040 ), Sec. 1.19, eff. September 1, 2023.
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