Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 88.006 — REPORTS OF HOSPITALIZATION; DEATH
HS § 88.006Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 88. REPORTS OF CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING
Statute text
View on source(a)A physician who attends a child during the child's hospitalization shall immediately notify the department if the physician knows or suspects that the child has lead poisoning or a blood lead level that exceeds the reference level and the physician believes the lead poisoning or blood lead level resulted from the child's exposure to a dangerous level of lead that may be a threat to the public health.
(b)A physician who attends a child during the child's last illness shall immediately notify the department if the physician:
(1)knows or suspects that the child died of lead poisoning; and
(2)believes the lead poisoning resulted from the child's exposure to a dangerous level of lead that may be a threat to the public health.
(c)An attending physician, health authority, or regional director, with the consent of the child's survivors, may request an autopsy if the physician, health authority, or regional director needs further information concerning the cause of death in order to protect the public health. The health authority or regional director may order the autopsy to determine the cause of death if the child's survivors do not consent to the autopsy. The autopsy results shall be reported to the department. Text of subsection effective until April 01, 2027
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Legislative history
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0306, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 202 (H.B. 1610), Sec. 2.10, eff. April 1, 2027.