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Safe Haven, also known as “infant relinquishment,” allows a parent to leave their newborn in a safe place in certain circumstances with certain individuals. Under Texas Law, a parent can leave their unharmed newborn child under 60 days old with • An emergency medical services provider, a hospital, A licensed freestanding emergency medical care facility, a licensed child-placing agency that agrees to act as a designated emergency infant care provider and has on staff a person who is licensed as a registered nurse or who provides emergency services and who will examine and provide emergency medical services to a child taken into possession.
