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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 323.052. Operation of Safe Program; Designation of Safe Program as Safe-Ready Facility

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

(a) A person may operate a SAFE program only if:

(1) the program meets the minimum standards established under Section 323.053; and

(2) the program provides forensic medical examinations to sexual assault survivors in accordance with Section 323.054.

(b) The Health and Human Services Commission shall designate a SAFE program described by Subsection (a) as a SAFE-ready facility under Section 323.0015 if the program notifies the commission that the program employs or contracts with a sexual assault forensic examiner or uses a telemedicine system of sexual assault forensic examiners to provide consultation during a sexual assault forensic medical examination to a nurse or physician licensed to practice in this state.

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