INFORMATION PROVIDED BY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.
Tex. FAM Code § 91.003.
in effectA medical professional who treats a person for injuries that the medical professional has reason to believe were caused by family violence shall:
(1) immediately provide the person with information regarding the nearest family violence shelter center;
(2) document in the person's medical file:
(A) the fact that the person has received the information provided under Subdivision (1); and
(B) the reasons for the medical professional's belief that the person's injuries were caused by family violence; and
(3) give the person the written notice adopted by the Health and Human Services Commission under Section 51A.003 , Human Resources Code.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997.