Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 89.051 — INMATE SCREENING REQUIRED
HS § 89.051Title 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. C. INMATE SCREENING AND TREATMENT
Statute text
View on source(a)Each inmate in a jail or community corrections facility shall undergo a screening test for tuberculosis infection approved by the executive commissioner if:
(1)the inmate will probably be confined in jail or a community corrections facility for more than seven days; and
(2)the inmate meets the screening guidelines prescribed by department rules.
(b)The inmate must be tested on or before the seventh day after the day the inmate is first confined.
(c)An inmate listed by Subsection (a) is not required to be retested at each rebooking if the inmate is booked into a jail or a community corrections facility more than once during a 12-month period unless the inmate shows symptoms of tuberculosis or is known to have been exposed to tuberculosis.
(d)An inmate is exempt from the screening test required by this section if:
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Legislative history
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0311, eff. April 2, 2015.