Sec. 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 a body or anatomical specimen distributed under this chapter.

(b) A school, college, or person shall keep a permanent record of each body or anatomical specimen received from the board or the board's representative. The record must be sufficient to identify the body or anatomical specimen and may be inspected by the board or the board's representative.

(c) A law relating to the prevention of mutilation of a body does not apply to the use of a body as authorized under this section or a dissection, operation, examination, or experiment performed under this section.

(d) To aid prosecutions under Section 42.08, Penal Code, the board shall adopt rules that clearly state the activities that are authorized by the board in relation to the use or dissection of a body.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 14.42, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 948, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 624 (S.B. 1214), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015.