Tex. Occ. Code § 159.011

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 159.011 - Information About Embryo Donation
(a) In this section:
(1) "Assisted reproduction" has the meaning assigned by Section 160.102, Family Code.
(2) "Embryo donation" means the act of transferring to another person a human embryo for implantation in any person who is not a genetic parent of the human embryo or the spouse of a genetic parent of the human embryo.
(3) "Human embryo" means a genetically complete living organism of the species Homo sapiens, from the single-cell fertilized egg to the blastocyst stage.
(b) A physician who performs on a patient an assisted reproduction procedure that involves the creation of a human embryo shall inform the patient of the option of embryo donation for unused human embryos.

Tex. Occ. Code § 159.011

Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 331,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2017.