Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 138 - DISPOSITION OF EMBRYONIC AND FETAL TISSUE REMAINS
Section 138.4 - Application of this Chapter

Universal Citation: 25 TX Admin Code ยง 138.4

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) This chapter may not be used to require or authorize disclosure of confidential information, including personally identifiable or personally sensitive information, not permitted to be disclosed by state or federal privacy or confidentiality laws.

(b) This chapter does not require the issuance of a birth or death certificate or a burial transit permit for the proper disposition of embryonic and fetal tissue remains from health care facilities.

(c) This chapter does not extend or modify requirements of Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapters 711 and 716, or Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 651, to disposition of embryonic and fetal tissue remains.

(d) This chapter applies to embryonic and fetal tissue remains from health care facilities.

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