Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 224.002 — VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES POLICY REQUIRED
HS § 224.002Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part A. FINANCING, CONSTRUCTING, REGULATING, AND INSPECTING · Ch. 224. POLICY ON VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES
Statute text
View on source(a)Each health care facility shall develop and implement a policy to protect its patients from vaccine preventable diseases.
(b)The policy must:
(1)require covered individuals to receive vaccines for the vaccine preventable diseases specified by the facility based on the level of risk the individual presents to patients by the individual's routine and direct exposure to patients;
(2)specify the vaccines a covered individual is required to receive based on the level of risk the individual presents to patients by the individual's routine and direct exposure to patients;
(3)include procedures for verifying whether a covered individual has complied with the policy;
(4)include procedures for a covered individual to be exempt from the required vaccines for the medical conditions identified as contraindications or precautions by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7 (S.B. 7), Sec. 8.02, eff. September 28, 2011.