Texas Insurance Code

§ 546.054 — DESTRUCTION OF SAMPLE MATERIAL; EXCEPTIONS

IN § 546.054Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES · Ch. 546. USE OF GENETIC TESTING INFORMATION · Art. B. GENETIC TESTING AND USE OF TEST RESULTS

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A sample of genetic material obtained from an individual for a genetic test shall be destroyed promptly after the purpose for which the sample was obtained is accomplished unless:

(1)the sample is retained under a court order;

(2)the individual authorizes retention of the sample for medical treatment or scientific research;

(3)the sample was obtained for research that is cleared by an institutional review board and retention of the sample is:

(A)under a requirement the institutional review board imposes on a specific research project; or

(B)authorized by the research participant with institutional review board approval under federal law; or

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.