Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 88.008 — ENVIRONMENTAL LEAD INVESTIGATIONS

HS § 88.008Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 88. REPORTS OF CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING

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(a)On receiving a report of a child with a confirmed blood lead level warranting an environmental lead investigation, the department or its authorized agent may conduct an environmental lead investigation of:

(1)the home environment in which the child resides, if the department or the department's authorized agent obtains the written consent of an adult occupant;

(2)any child-care facility with which the child has regular contact and that may be contributing to the child's blood lead level, if the department or the department's authorized agent obtains the written consent of the owner, operator, or principal of the facility; and

(3)any child-occupied facility with which the child has regular contact and that may be contributing to the child's blood lead level, if the department or the department's authorized agent obtains the written consent of:

(A)the owner, operator, or principal of the facility; or

(B)an adult occupant of the facility if the facility is subject to a lease agreement.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 398 (S.B. 814), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.