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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 323.054

FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION BY SAFE PROGRAM; INFORMED CONSENT

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 822 (H.B. 2706), Sec. 18, eff

(a) A SAFE program shall provide to a sexual assault survivor under the care of the program a forensic medical examination in accordance with Subchapter B, Chapter 420, Government Code, and Subchapter G, Chapter 56A, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(b) Only a sexual assault examiner or a sexual assault nurse examiner may perform a forensic medical examination under a SAFE program.

(c) A sexual assault examiner or sexual assault nurse examiner employed by or under contract with a SAFE program must obtain the consent described by Article 56A.303, Code of Criminal Procedure, before performing a forensic medical examination or providing medical treatment to the survivor.

(d) A sexual assault survivor who receives a forensic medical examination from a sexual assault examiner or sexual assault nurse examiner employed by or under contract with a SAFE program may not be required to:

(1) participate in the investigation or prosecution of an offense as a prerequisite to receiving the forensic medical examination or medical treatment; or

(2) pay for any costs described by Article 56A.304(a), Code of Criminal Procedure.

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