Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - CRIM P Art. § 49A.205. Right to Nonaffiliated Physician Reviewing or Performing Autopsy

(a) A person authorized to consent to a postmortem examination or autopsy of a decedent under Article 49A.203 may request that a physician who is not affiliated with the institution where the death occurred:

(b) A representative of the institution shall inform the person described by Subsection (a) of the person's right to request the performance or review of a postmortem examination or autopsy by a nonaffiliated physician under Subsection (a) before the person consents to the postmortem examination or autopsy.

(c) A person who requests a nonaffiliated physician to perform or review a postmortem examination or autopsy shall bear the additional costs incurred as a result of the nonaffiliated physician's performance or review of the examination or autopsy under Subsection (a).