Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 81.050 — MANDATORY TESTING OF PERSONS SUSPECTED OF EXPOSING CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS TO REPORTABLE DISEASES, INCLUDING HIV INFECTION
HS § 81.050Title 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
Statute text
View on source(a)The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the criteria that constitute exposure to reportable diseases. The criteria must be based on activities that the United States Public Health Service determines pose a risk of infection.
(b)A person whose occupation or whose volunteer service is included in one or more of the following categories may request the department or a health authority to order testing of another person who may have exposed the person to a reportable disease:
(1)a law enforcement officer;
(2)a fire fighter;
(3)an emergency medical service employee or paramedic;
(4)a correctional officer;
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 320 (S.B. 665), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 925 (H.B. 3005), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0228, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1639(28), eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1278 (S.B. 1574), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2015.