Tex. Occupations Code § 203.003
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 203.003, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 203.003. FINDINGS.
Official statutory text
The legislature finds:
(1) a parent has the responsibility and right to give birth where and with whom the parent chooses;
(2) childbirth is a natural process of the human body and not a disease; and
(3) midwifery has been practiced in this state since the days of the Republic.
(1) a parent has the responsibility and right to give birth where and with whom the parent chooses;
(2) childbirth is a natural process of the human body and not a disease; and
(3) midwifery has been practiced in this state since the days of the Republic.
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