Tex. Health & Safety Code § 173.008

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 173.008 - Record Retention

Unless another law requires a longer period of record retention, an authorized facility may not dispose of any medical record relating to a woman who consents to the donation of human fetal tissue before:

(1) the seventh anniversary of the date consent was obtained under Section 173.006; or

(2) if the woman was younger than 18 years of age on the date consent was obtained under Section 173.006, the later of:

(A) the woman's 23rd birthday; or

(B) the seventh anniversary of the date consent was obtained.

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 173.008

Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 441,Sec. 7, eff. 9/1/2017.