(a) Any person or entity that is licensed, permitted
or otherwise authorized by the Texas Funeral Services Commission to
store, handle or transport human remains is authorized to store, handle
or transport embryonic and fetal tissue remains in accordance with
this chapter.
(b) Any person or entity that is licensed, permitted
or otherwise authorized by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
to store, handle or transport special waste from health care facilities
is authorized to store, handle or transport embryonic and fetal tissue
remains in accordance with this chapter.
(c) Any health care facility that generates embryonic
and fetal tissue remains is authorized to store, handle, or transport
embryonic and fetal tissue remains generated at that facility in accordance
with this chapter.
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