Tex. Health and Safety Code § 55.001
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 55.001, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 55.001. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.
Official statutory text
The department shall establish a living organ donor education program to educate residents of this state about:
(1) the need for living organ donors, including the particular need for donors from minority populations;
(2) the partnership between the Glenda Dawson Donate Life Texas Registry for deceased organ donation, maintained by Donate Life Texas, and other organ donor registries for living organ donation;
(3) the requirements for registering as a potential living organ donor;
(4) the medical screening and procedures necessary for an individual to be a living organ donor; and
(5) the availability of information about living organ donation in health care facilities, transplant centers, organ procurement organizations, tissue banks, eye banks, and driver's license offices.
(1) the need for living organ donors, including the particular need for donors from minority populations;
(2) the partnership between the Glenda Dawson Donate Life Texas Registry for deceased organ donation, maintained by Donate Life Texas, and other organ donor registries for living organ donation;
(3) the requirements for registering as a potential living organ donor;
(4) the medical screening and procedures necessary for an individual to be a living organ donor; and
(5) the availability of information about living organ donation in health care facilities, transplant centers, organ procurement organizations, tissue banks, eye banks, and driver's license offices.
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