Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 89.011 — SCREENING OF JAIL EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS

HS § 89.011Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 89. SCREENING AND TREATMENT FOR TUBERCULOSIS IN JAILS AND OTHER CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES · Art. B. SCREENING OF JAIL EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS

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(a)The governing body of a jail or community corrections facility, through the community supervision and corrections department, shall require that each employee or volunteer working or providing services in a jail or a community corrections facility, who meets the screening guidelines prescribed by department rule, present to the governing body a certificate signed by a physician that states that:

(1)the employee or volunteer has been tested for tuberculosis infection in accordance with department rules; and

(2)the results of the test indicate that the person does not have tuberculosis.

(b)In lieu of a screening test, an employee or volunteer with a history of a positive screening test may provide:

(1)documentation of that positive test result and of any diagnostic and therapeutic follow-up; and

(2)a certificate signed by a physician that states that the person does not have tuberculosis.

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0310, eff. April 2, 2015.