Tex. Health & Safety Code 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 (Minimum Standards for Safe Programs); and

(2)

the program provides forensic medical examinations to sexual assault survivors in accordance with Section 323.054 (Forensic Medical Examination by Safe Program; Informed Consent).

(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 (Safe-ready Facilities) 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.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 822 (H.B. 2706), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2021.

Source: Section 323.052 — Operation of Safe Program; Designation of Safe Program as Safe-ready Facility, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­323.­htm#323.­052 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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