Texas Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
TITLE 25. HEALTH SERVICES |
PART 1. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES |
CHAPTER 138. DISPOSITION OF EMBRYONIC AND FETAL TISSUE REMAINS |
SECTION 138.6. Storage, Handling, and Transport Authorization
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(a) Any person or entity that is licensed, permitted or otherwise authorized by the Texas Funeral Services Commission to store, handle or transport human remains is authorized to store, handle or transport embryonic and fetal tissue remains in accordance with this chapter. (b) Any person or entity that is licensed, permitted or otherwise authorized by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to store, handle or transport special waste from health care facilities is authorized to store, handle or transport embryonic and fetal tissue remains in accordance with this chapter. (c) Any health care facility that generates embryonic and fetal tissue remains is authorized to store, handle, or transport embryonic and fetal tissue remains generated at that facility in accordance with this chapter. Source Note: The provisions of this §138.6 adopted to be effective February 1, 2018, 43 TexReg 465