Tex. Occupations Code § 159.011
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 159.011, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 159.011. INFORMATION ABOUT EMBRYO DONATION.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section:
(1) "Assisted reproduction" has the meaning assigned by Section 160.102, Family Code.
(2) "Embryo donation" means the act of transferring to another person a human embryo for implantation in any person who is not a genetic parent of the human embryo or the spouse of a genetic parent of the human embryo.
(3) "Human embryo" means a genetically complete living organism of the species Homo sapiens, from the single-cell fertilized egg to the blastocyst stage.
(b) A physician who performs on a patient an assisted reproduction procedure that involves the creation of a human embryo shall inform the patient of the option of embryo donation for unused human embryos.
(1) "Assisted reproduction" has the meaning assigned by Section 160.102, Family Code.
(2) "Embryo donation" means the act of transferring to another person a human embryo for implantation in any person who is not a genetic parent of the human embryo or the spouse of a genetic parent of the human embryo.
(3) "Human embryo" means a genetically complete living organism of the species Homo sapiens, from the single-cell fertilized egg to the blastocyst stage.
(b) A physician who performs on a patient an assisted reproduction procedure that involves the creation of a human embryo shall inform the patient of the option of embryo donation for unused human embryos.
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