Section 49.35 - Right to Nonaffiliated Physician(a) A person authorized to consent to a postmortem examination or autopsy under Article 49.33 of this code may request that a physician who is not affiliated with the hospital or other institution where the deceased person died: (1) perform the postmortem examination or autopsy at another hospital or institution; or(2) review the postmortem examination or autopsy conducted by a physician affiliated with the hospital or other institution where the deceased person died.(b) A representative of the hospital or other institution shall inform the person of the person's right to request the performance or review of a postmortem examination or autopsy by a nonaffiliated physician under Subsection (a) before the person consents to the postmortem examination or autopsy.(c) A person requesting a nonaffiliated physician to perform or review a postmortem examination or autopsy shall bear the additional costs incurred as a result of the nonaffiliated physician's performance or review of the examination or autopsy under Subsection (a) of this article.Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 49.35
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 950, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2011.