Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
§ 49A.063 — AUTOPSIES
CR § 49A.063Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 49A. DEATH INQUESTS · Art. B. INQUESTS BY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
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View on source(a)A justice of the peace may obtain the opinion of a county health officer or a physician regarding whether an autopsy is necessary to determine or confirm the nature and cause of a death.
(b)Unless an autopsy is required under Subsection (c)(2), for each body that is the subject of an inquest by a justice of the peace, the justice shall, in the justice's discretion:
(1)direct a physician to perform an autopsy; or
(2)certify that an autopsy is not necessary.
(c)A justice of the peace shall order an autopsy to be performed on a body if:
(1)the justice determines that an autopsy is necessary to determine or confirm the nature and cause of death;
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