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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 512 - DISPOSITION OF EMBRYONIC AND FETAL TISSUE REMAINS
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SECTION/RULE §512.4 - Application of this Chapter

(a) This chapter may not be used to require or authorize disclosure of confidential information, including personally identifiable or personally sensitive information, not permitted to be disclosed by state or federal privacy or confidentiality laws.(b) This chapter does not require the issuance of a birth or death certificate or a burial transit permit for the proper disposition of embryonic and fetal tissue remains from health care facilities.(c) This chapter does not extend or modify requirements of Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapters 711 and 716, or Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 651, to disposition of embryonic and fetal tissue remains.(d) This chapter applies to embryonic and fetal tissue remains from health care facilities.

Source Note: The provisions of this §512.4 adopted to be effective February 1, 2018, 43 TexReg 465; transferred effective November 29, 2024, as published in the November 8, 2024, issue of the Texas Register, 49 TexReg 9025.

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