A hospital shall perform a medical procedure or test on a person if a court orders the hospital to perform the procedure or test on a person whom the court orders to undergo the procedure or test under Article 21.31, Code of Criminal Procedure. The procedure or test is a cost of court.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.094
TESTING BY HOSPITALS OF PERSONS INDICTED FOR CERTAIN CRIMES
Known as the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act
The act spans §§ 81–81 (155 sections).
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 22, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.