Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 81.086 — APPLICATION OF CONTROL MEASURES TO PRIVATE AND COMMON CARRIERS AND PRIVATE CONVEYANCES

HS § 81.086Title 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. E. CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES

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(a)This section applies to any private or common carrier or private conveyance, including a vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft, while the vehicle or craft is in this state.

(b)If the department or health authority has reasonable cause to believe that a carrier or conveyance has departed from or traveled through an area infected or contaminated with a communicable disease, the department or health authority may order the owner, operator, or authorized agent in control of the carrier or conveyance to:

(1)stop the carrier or conveyance at a port of entry or place of first landing or first arrival in this state; and

(2)provide information on passengers and cargo manifests that includes the details of:

(A)any illness suspected of being communicable that occurred during the journey;

(B)any condition on board the carrier or conveyance during the journey that may lead to the spread of disease; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0235, eff. April 2, 2015.