Texas Education Code

§ 51.9191 — BACTERIAL MENINGITIS INFORMATION FOR NEW STUDENTS

ED § 51.9191Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION · Art. Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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(a)In this section:

(1)"Institution of higher education" and "private or independent institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.

(2)"New student" means a first-time student of an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education and includes a student who transfers to the institution from another institution.

(b)The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall prescribe procedures by which each institution of higher education shall provide information relating to bacterial meningitis to new students of the institution. The procedures must provide for the information to be provided in a brochure or other manner so that the information is reasonably likely to come to the attention of each student. The coordinating board shall prescribe the form and content of the information. The information must cover:

(1)the symptoms of the disease, how it may be diagnosed, and its possible consequences if untreated;

(2)how the disease is transmitted, how it may be prevented, and the relative risk of contracting the disease for students of institutions of higher education;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 219, Sec. 1, eff. May 22, 2001.