Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 49A.114
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 49A.114, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 49A.114. WHEN AUTOPSIES REQUIRED; USE OF FACILITIES.
Official statutory text
(a) The medical examiner, or the medical examiner's authorized deputy, shall immediately perform an autopsy if:
(1) in the opinion of the medical examiner an autopsy is necessary; or
(2) an autopsy is requested by the district attorney or criminal district attorney or by the county attorney if there is not a district attorney or criminal district attorney.
(b) A medical examiner is not required to perform an autopsy on the body of a person whose death was caused by a communicable disease during a public health disaster.
(c) In performing an autopsy, the medical examiner or the medical examiner's authorized deputy may use a facility of a municipal or county hospital in the county or any other facility that is made available.
(1) in the opinion of the medical examiner an autopsy is necessary; or
(2) an autopsy is requested by the district attorney or criminal district attorney or by the county attorney if there is not a district attorney or criminal district attorney.
(b) A medical examiner is not required to perform an autopsy on the body of a person whose death was caused by a communicable disease during a public health disaster.
(c) In performing an autopsy, the medical examiner or the medical examiner's authorized deputy may use a facility of a municipal or county hospital in the county or any other facility that is made available.
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