Sec. 74.552.  AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE IN CERTAIN ACTIONS ARISING FROM CERTAIN PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS.  (a) It is an affirmative defense to liability in a civil action brought against a physician or health care provider for a violation of Section 170A.002, Health and Safety Code, including an action to recover a civil penalty under Section 170A.005, Health and Safety Code, that the physician or health care provider exercised reasonable medical judgment in providing medical treatment to a pregnant woman in response to: 
(1)  an ectopic pregnancy at any location; or
(2)  a previable premature rupture of membranes. 
(b)  A pharmacist or pharmacy that receives, processes, or dispenses a prescription drug or medication order written by a physician or health care provider to whom Subsection (a) applies is entitled to the affirmative defense provided by Subsection (a).
(c)  This section does not create a civil cause of action. 
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 913 (H.B. 3058), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.