Texas statute
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.110 — Required notice to medical examiner of deaths
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 49A: DEATH INQUESTS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Amendment pending: a new version of this section takes effect Thu Apr 01 2027 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time).
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49A.110
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
(a) A police officer, superintendent or general manager of an institution, physician, or other person who becomes aware of a person's death under circumstances described by Article 49A.109 (a) shall immediately report the death to the office of medical examiner or the municipal or county police department. A report to the municipal or county police department under this subsection shall be immediately transmitted to the office of medical examiner. (b) When a person dies under circumstances described by Article 49A.109 (a)(7), the attending physician, or the superintendent or general manager of the institution in which the person died, shall report the death to the medical examiner of the county in which the death occurred and request an inquest. (c) When a person designated as a prospective organ donor for transplantation by a physician dies under circumstances requiring the medical examiner of the county in which the death occurred, or the medical examiner's authorized deputy, to conduct an inquest, the administrative head of the facility in which the transplantation is to be performed shall provide notice of the death to the medical examiner or an employee of the medical examiner. (d) If a local health officer or registrar of vital statistics who is required to certify a person's cause of death does not know the cause of death, the officer or registrar shall provide notice of the death to the medical examiner of the county in which the death occurred and request an inquest.
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