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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 1003.003

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ADULT STEM CELL USE IN HOSPITALS

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 992 (H.B. 177), Sec. 5, eff

A hospital may use adult stem cells in a procedure if:

(1) a physician providing services at the hospital determines that the use of adult stem cells in the procedure is appropriate;

(2) the patient consents in writing to the use;

(3) the requirements for stem cell use under Section 1003.002 are met;

(4) the manufacturing processes for the adult stem cells satisfy current good manufacturing practices adopted by the United States Food and Drug Administration; and

(5) appropriate state and federal guidelines on the use of adult stem cells are followed.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.