Texas Health And Safety Code Title 8, Chapter 691 - Anatomical Board Of The State Of Texas

SUBCHAPTER A ORGANIZATION OF ANATOMICAL BOARD OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

• Texas Section 691.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the Anatomical Board of the State of Texas. (2) "Body" means a human corpse. (3) "Anatomical specimen" means a...
• Texas Section 691.002 - Composition Of Board
  (a) The Anatomical Board of the State of Texas is composed of one representative from each school or college of chiropractic, osteopathy, medicine, or dentistry...
• Texas Section 691.004 - Lobbyist Restrictions
  A person may not serve as a member of the board or act as the general counsel to the board if the person is required...
• Texas Section 691.005 - Removal Of Board Member
  (a) It is a ground for removal from the board if a member: (1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required...
• Texas Section 691.006 - Reimbursement
  A board member is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for actual travel expenses incurred in serving on the board. Acts 1989,...
• Texas Section 691.007 - Minutes; Records
  (a) The board may adopt rules for its administration. (b) The board shall keep complete minutes of its transactions. (c) The board shall keep identification...
• Texas Section 691.008 - Fees; Audits
  (a) The board may set and collect reasonable and necessary fees for receiving and distributing bodies and anatomical specimens. (b) The secretary-treasurer of the board...
• Texas Section 691.009 - Information To Members And Employees
  The board shall provide to its members and employees, as often as necessary, information regarding their qualifications under this chapter and their responsibilities under applicable...

SUBCHAPTER B DONATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BODIES AND ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS

• Texas Section 691.010 - Public Information And Participation; Complaints
  (a) The board shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the board and the board's procedures by which complaints are filed with...
• Texas Section 691.021 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "political subdivision" means a municipality, county, or special district. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
• Texas Section 691.022 - General Duties
  (a) The board shall distribute bodies and anatomical specimens to institutions and other persons authorized to receive them. (b) The board shall adopt rules to...
• Texas Section 691.0225 - Informational Document
  The board shall develop a document to inform a person making a gift of a decedent's body or anatomical specimen for purposes of education, including...
• Texas Section 691.023 - Duty To Deliver Certain Bodies To Board
  (a) An officer, employee, or representative of the state, of a political subdivision, or of an institution having charge or control of a body not...
• Texas Section 691.024 - Persons Who May Claim Body For Burial
  (a) An officer, employee, or representative of the state, of a political subdivision, or of an institution is not required to give notice or deliver...
• Texas Section 691.025 - Procedure After Death
  (a) If a body is not claimed for burial immediately after death, the body shall be embalmed within 24 hours. (b) For 72 hours after...
• Texas Section 691.026 - Body Of Traveler
  If an unclaimed body is the body of a traveler who died suddenly, the board shall direct the institution or other person receiving the body...
• Texas Section 691.027 - Autopsy
  Only the board may grant permission to perform an autopsy on an unclaimed body. The board may grant permission after receiving a specific request for...
• Texas Section 691.028 - Donation Of Body By Written Instrument
  (a) An adult living in this state who is of sound mind may donate the adult's body by will or other written instrument to the...
• Texas Section 691.029 - Authority To Accept Bodies From Outside The State
  The board may receive a body transported to the board from outside this state. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
• Texas Section 691.030 - Board's Authority To Distribute Bodies And Anatomical Specimens
  (a) The board or the board's representative shall distribute bodies donated to it and may redistribute bodies donated to medical or dental schools or other...
• Texas Section 691.031 - Transportation Of Bodies; Records
  (a) The board shall adopt rules to ensure that: (1) each body or anatomical specimen received or distributed by the board is properly transported; (2)...
• Texas Section 691.032 - Costs Of Distribution
  A person or institution receiving a body or anatomical specimen under this chapter shall pay in a manner specified by the board, or as otherwise...
• Texas Section 691.033 - Use Of Bodies And Anatomical Specimens
  (a) To further medical or forensic science, a school, college, or person designated by the board may use, dissect, operate on, examine, and experiment on...
• Texas Section 691.034 - Regulation Of Persons And Institutions Using Bodies And Anatomical Specimens
  (a) The board shall inspect and may approve institutions and other persons for the receipt and use of bodies and anatomical specimens under this chapter....
• Texas Section 691.035 - Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person has a duty imposed under this chapter and refuses, neglects, or omits to perform the duty...

Last modified: September 28, 2016