Texas Health and Safety Code 691.033 – Use of Bodies and Anatomical Specimens
(a) To further medical or forensic science, a willed body program, non-transplant anatomical donation organization, anatomical facility, or other person designated by the commission may use, dissect, operate on, examine, and experiment on a body or anatomical specimen distributed under this chapter.
(b) A willed body program, non-transplant anatomical donation organization, or other person shall keep a permanent record of each body or anatomical specimen received from the commission or the commission’s representative. The record:
(1) must be sufficient to identify the body or anatomical specimen;
(2) must track the body or anatomical specimen from intake to final disposition; and
(3) may be inspected by the commission or the commission’s representative.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 691.033
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) A law relating to the prevention of mutilation of a body does not apply to the use of a body as authorized under this section or a dissection, operation, examination, or experiment performed under this section.
(d) To aid prosecutions under § 42.08, Penal Code, the commission shall adopt rules that clearly state the activities that are authorized by the commission in relation to the use or dissection of a body.