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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 170.001

DEFINITIONS

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case HCA, INC. v. Miller Ex Rel. Miller (2000)

Most recently applied in HCA, INC. v. Miller Ex Rel. Miller (December 2000)

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 5, eff

In this chapter:

(1) "Abortion" has the meaning assigned by Section 245.002.

(2) "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice medicine in this state.

(3) "Viable" means the stage of fetal development when, in the medical judgment of the attending physician based on the particular facts of the case, an unborn child possesses the capacity to live outside its mother's womb after its premature birth from any cause. The term does not include a fetus whose biparietal diameter is less than 60 millimeters.

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