Sec. 691.033. USE OF BODIES AND ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS. (a) To further medical or forensic science, a willed body program, non-transplant anatomical donation organization, anatomical facility, or other person designated by the commission may use, dissect, operate on, examine, and experiment on a body or anatomical specimen distributed under this chapter. (b) A willed body program, non-transplant anatomical donation organization, or other person shall keep a permanent record of each body or anatomical specimen received from the commission or the commission's representative. The record: (1) must be sufficient to identify the body or anatomical specimen; (2) must track the body or anatomical specimen from intake to final disposition; and (3) may be inspected by the commission or the commission's representative. (c) A law relating to the prevention of mutilation of a body does not apply to the use of a body as authorized under this section or a dissection, operation, examination, or experiment performed under this section. (d) To aid prosecutions under Section 42.08 , Penal Code, the commission shall adopt rules that clearly state the activities that are authorized by the commission in relation to the use or dissection of a body.
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