Section 74.552 - Affirmative Defense In Certain Actions Arising From Certain Pregnancy Complications(a) It is an affirmative defense to liability in a civil action brought against a physician or health care provider for a violation of Section 170A.002, Health and Safety Code, including an action to recover a civil penalty under Section 170A.005, Health and Safety Code, that the physician or health care provider exercised reasonable medical judgment in providing medical treatment to a pregnant woman in response to: (1) an ectopic pregnancy at any location; or (2) a previable premature rupture of membranes. (b) A pharmacist or pharmacy that receives, processes, or dispenses a prescription drug or medication order written by a physician or health care provider to whom Subsection (a) applies is entitled to the affirmative defense provided by Subsection (a). (c) This section does not create a civil cause of action. Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code § 74.552
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 913,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023.