Tex. Health and Safety Code § 173.008
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 173.008, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 173.008. RECORD RETENTION.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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