HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

TITLE 2. HEALTH

SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 167A.  PELVIC EXAMINATIONS

Sec. 167A.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  "Health care practitioner" means a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse licensed to practice in this state.
(2)  "Patient's legally authorized representative" means:
(A)  a parent, managing conservator, or guardian of a patient, if the patient is a minor;
(B)  a guardian of the patient, if the patient has been adjudicated incompetent to manage the patient's personal affairs; or
(C)  an agent of the patient authorized under a durable power of attorney for health care.
(3)  "Pelvic examination" means a physical examination by a health care practitioner of a patient's external and internal reproductive organs, genitalia, or rectum.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 251 (H.B. 1434), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.