Sec. 672.012. REPORT OF UNEXPECTED FATALITY. (a) A person, including a health care provider, who knows of the death of an adult that resulted from, or that occurred under circumstances indicating death may have resulted from, suicide, family violence, or abuse, shall immediately report the death to the medical examiner of the county in which the death occurred or, if the death occurred in a county that does not have a medical examiner's office or that is not part of a medical examiner's district, to a justice of the peace in that county.
(b) The requirement of this section is in addition to any other reporting requirement imposed by law.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1486, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 8 - Death and Disposition of the Body
Chapter 672 - Adult Fatality Review and Investigation
Section 672.002. Establishment of Review Team
Section 672.003. Purpose and Powers of Review Team
Section 672.004. Duties of Presiding Officer
Section 672.005. Review Procedure
Section 672.006. Access to Information
Section 672.007. Meeting of Review Team
Section 672.009. Use of Information and Records; Confidentiality
Section 672.010. Civil Liability for Disclosure of Information
Section 672.011. Governmental Unit