HEALTH & SAFETY CODE

CHAPTER 49. ANATOMICAL GIFT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM


	§ 49.001.  DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF 
PROGRAM.  (a)  The department shall develop a program to educate 
residents about anatomical gifts.  The program shall include 
information about:
		(1)  the laws governing anatomical gifts, including 
Subchapter Q, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, and Chapter 692;
		(2)  the procedures for becoming an organ, eye, or 
tissue donor or donee;  and
		(3)  the benefits of organ, eye, or tissue donation.                          
	(b)  In developing the program, the department shall solicit 
broad-based input reflecting recommendations of all interested 
groups, including representatives of patients, providers, ethnic 
groups, and geographic regions.
	(c)  The department shall implement the program only to the 
extent that funds are available from Section 521.421(g) or 
521.422(c), Transportation Code.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1516, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  
Renumbered from § 46.001 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, § 
21.001(73), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.


	§ 49.002.  EDUCATION FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND 
ATTORNEYS.  (a)  The department shall develop a program to educate 
health care providers and attorneys in this state regarding 
anatomical gifts.
	(b)  The department through the program shall encourage 
attorneys to provide organ donation information to clients seeking 
legal advice for end-of-life decisions.
	(c)  The department shall encourage medical schools and 
nursing schools in this state to include mandatory organ donation 
education in the schools' curriculums.
	(d)  The department shall encourage medical schools in this 
state to require a physician in a neurology or neurosurgery 
residency program to complete an advanced course in organ donation 
education.
	(e)  The department shall implement the program only to the 
extent that:     
		(1)  funds are available from Section 521.421(g) or 
521.422(c), Transportation Code;
		(2)  money or in-kind donations are donated to the 
department for the purpose of implementing the program;  or
		(3)  the legislature specifically appropriates money 
from another source for the purpose of implementing the program.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 801, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.