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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 173.008. Record Retention

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

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.

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