Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 84.003 — REPORTABLE CONDITIONS; RULES

HS § 84.003Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 84. REPORTING OF OCCUPATIONAL CONDITIONS

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(a)Asbestosis and silicosis are occupational conditions that are reportable to the department.

(b)Blood lead levels in adults are laboratory findings that are reportable to the department as provided by department rule.

(c)The executive commissioner may adopt rules that require other occupational conditions to be reported under this chapter. Before the executive commissioner requires another occupational condition to be reported, the executive commissioner must find that the condition:

(1)has a well-understood etiology;

(2)results predominantly from occupational exposures; and

(3)is preventable.

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0258, eff. April 2, 2015.