Section 241.1031 - Preservation of Record From Forensic Medical Examination(a) A hospital may not destroy a medical record from the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim conducted under Subchapter G, Chapter 56A, Code of Criminal Procedure, until the 20th anniversary of the date the record was created. (b) A hospital may maintain a medical record described by Subsection (a) in the same form in which the hospital maintains other medical records.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.1031
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 206,Sec. 18, eff. 9/1/2023.Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 915,Sec. 10.003, eff. 9/1/2021.Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 357,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2019. See Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 357, Sec. 3.