Texas Family Code
§ 160.503 — REQUIREMENTS FOR GENETIC TESTING
FA § 160.503Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Ch. 160. UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT · Art. F. GENETIC TESTING
Statute text
View on source(a)Genetic testing must be of a type reasonably relied on by experts in the field of genetic testing. The testing must be performed in a testing laboratory accredited by:
(1)the American Association of Blood Banks, or a successor to its functions;
(2)the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, or a successor to its functions; or
(3)an accrediting body designated by the federal secretary of health and human services.
(b)A specimen used in genetic testing may consist of one or more samples, or a combination of samples, of blood, buccal cells, bone, hair, or other body tissue or fluid. The specimen used in the testing is not required to be of the same kind for each individual undergoing genetic testing.
(c)Based on the ethnic or racial group of an individual, the testing laboratory shall determine the databases from which to select frequencies for use in the calculation of the probability of paternity of the individual. If there is disagreement as to the testing laboratory's choice:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.