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Health and Safety Code §691.001
In force on Sep 01, 2023 · this text took effect Sep 01, 2023 · same as today's text
DEFINITIONS
In this chapter:
(1) "Advisory committee" means the State Anatomical Advisory Committee.
(1-a) "Anatomical facility" means a facility in this state inspected and approved by the commission under Section 691.034 that does not operate as a willed body program or a non-transplant anatomical donation organization.
(2) "Body" means a human corpse.
(3) "Anatomical specimen" means a part of a human corpse.
(4) "Commission" means the Texas Funeral Service Commission.
(5) "Non-transplant anatomical donation organization" means a person accredited to engage in the recovery, receipt, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of tissue or human remains for any purpose other than transplantation into a living individual in this state.
(6) "Willed body program" means a program operated at an institution of higher education in this state that allows a living individual to donate the individual's body or anatomical specimen for educational or research purposes.
History: Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 948, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 961 (S.B. 2040 ), Sec. 1.03, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Dec 03, 2023 to Nov 08, 2026.
Every version on file
- Effective Sep 01, 2023 · seen Dec 2023–Nov 2026
- Effective Sep 01, 2003 · seen Nov 2018–Jul 2023
Attorney General opinions that cite it
- KP-0279 (Jun 24, 2019): Authority of a commercial entity to operate a willed-body program in Texas
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