Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 161.0051 — REQUIRED IMMUNIZATIONS FOR NURSING HOMES

HS § 161.0051Title 2. HEALTH · Part H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Ch. 161. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Art. A. IMMUNIZATIONS

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(a)This section applies only to a nursing home that:

(1)is an institution licensed under Chapter 242; and

(2)serves residents who are elderly persons as defined by Section 242.002.

(b)The executive commissioner by rule may require nursing facilities to offer, in accordance with an immunization schedule adopted in department rules, immunizations to elderly residents or to staff who are in contact with elderly residents against diseases that the executive commissioner determines to be:

(1)caused by infectious agents;

(2)potentially deadly; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0457, eff. April 2, 2015.