Sec. 22.12. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CONDUCT  


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  • This chapter does not apply to conduct charged as having been committed against an individual who is an unborn child if the conduct is:

    (1) committed by the mother of the unborn child;

    (2) a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other health care provider with the requisite consent;

    (3) a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other licensed health care provider with the requisite consent as part of an assisted reproduction as defined by Section 160.102, Family Code; or

    (4) the dispensation of a drug in accordance with law or administration of a drug prescribed in accordance with law.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 822, Sec. 2.04, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.