Section 2273.002 - Applicability(a) This chapter does not apply to:(1) a hospital licensed under Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code;(2) the office of a physician licensed under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, that performs 50 or fewer abortions in any 12-month period;(3) a state hospital as defined by Section 552.0011, Health and Safety Code;(4) a teaching hospital of a public or private institution of higher education; or(5) an accredited residency program providing training to resident physicians.(b) For purposes of this chapter, a facility is not considered to be an abortion provider solely based on the performance of an abortion at the facility during a medical emergency as defined by Section 171.002, Health and Safety Code.Tex. Gov't. Code art. 2273.002
Renumbered from Tex. Gov't. Code § 2272.002 by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 915,Sec. 21.001, eff. 9/1/2021.Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 501,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2019.