Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 81.015 — ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES

HS § 81.015Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 81. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)The department shall establish a regional advisory committee in each public health region designated under Section 121.007 to address antimicrobial stewardship in long-term care facilities and to improve antimicrobial stewardship through collaborative action.

(b)A regional advisory committee established under this section must include:

(1)physicians;

(2)directors of nursing or equivalent consultants with long-term care facilities;

(3)public health officials knowledgeable about antimicrobial stewardship; and

(4)other interested parties.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 786 (H.B. 1848), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.