Section 323.052 - Operation of Safe Program; Designation of Safe Program As Safe-Ready Facility(a) A person may operate a SAFE program only if:(1) the program meets the minimum standards established under Section 323.053; and(2) the program provides forensic medical examinations to sexual assault survivors in accordance with Section 323.054.(b) The Health and Human Services Commission shall designate a SAFE program described by Subsection (a) as a SAFE-ready facility under Section 323.0015 if the program notifies the commission that the program employs or contracts with a sexual assault forensic examiner or uses a telemedicine system of sexual assault forensic examiners to provide consultation during a sexual assault forensic medical examination to a nurse or physician licensed to practice in this state.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 323.052
Added by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 822,Sec. 18, eff. 9/1/2021.