Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 81.048 — NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER

HS § 81.048Title 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. C. REPORTS AND REPORTABLE DISEASES

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(a)The executive commissioner shall:

(1)designate certain reportable diseases for notification under this section; and

(2)define the conditions that constitute possible exposure to those diseases.

(b)Notice of a positive or negative test result for a reportable disease designated under Subsection (a) shall be given to an emergency response employee or volunteer as provided by this section if:

(1)the emergency response employee or volunteer delivered a person to a hospital as defined by Section 74.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code;

(2)the hospital has knowledge that the person has a reportable disease and has medical reason to believe that the person had the disease when the person was admitted to the hospital; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 135 (H.B. 738), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 243 (H.B. 162), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0227, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1278 (S.B. 1574), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1278 (S.B. 1574), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2015.