Texas Statutes
Subtitle F - Local Regulation of Public Health
Chapter 121 - Local Public Health Reorganization Act

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 121.001. Short Title - Sec. 121.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 121.002. Definitions - Sec. 121.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Essential public health...

Section 121.003. Powers of Municipalities and Counties - Sec. 121.003. POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES. (a) The governing...

Section 121.0035. Regulation of Mobile Food Units and Roadside Food Vendors in Certain Populous Areas - Sec. 121.0035. REGULATION OF MOBILE FOOD UNITS AND ROADSIDE FOOD...

Section 121.004. Local Health Units - Sec. 121.004. LOCAL HEALTH UNITS. A local health unit is...

Section 121.005. State and Local Affiliation; Contracts - Sec. 121.005. STATE AND LOCAL AFFILIATION; CONTRACTS. (a) A local...

Section 121.006. Public Health Services Fees; State Support - Sec. 121.006. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES FEES; STATE SUPPORT. (a) The...

Section 121.0065. Grants for Essential Public Health Services - Sec. 121.0065. GRANTS FOR ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES. (a) Subject...

Section 121.0066. Essential Public Health Services Provided by Department - Sec. 121.0066. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY DEPARTMENT. (a)...

Section 121.007. Public Health Regions - Sec. 121.007. PUBLIC HEALTH REGIONS. (a) The department may designate...

Section 121.008. Annual Conference - Sec. 121.008. ANNUAL CONFERENCE. (a) The department shall hold an...

Subchapter B. Health Authorities

Section 121.021. Health Authority - Sec. 121.021. HEALTH AUTHORITY. A health authority is a physician...

Section 121.022. Qualifications - Sec. 121.022. QUALIFICATIONS. (a) A health authority must be: (1)...

Section 121.023. Term of Office - Sec. 121.023. TERM OF OFFICE. A health authority serves for...

Section 121.024. Duties - Sec. 121.024. DUTIES. (a) A health authority is a state...

Section 121.0245. Duties of Part-Time Health Authority - Sec. 121.0245. DUTIES OF PART-TIME HEALTH AUTHORITY. (a) If a...

Section 121.025. Removal From Office - Sec. 121.025. REMOVAL FROM OFFICE. A health authority may be...

Section 121.026. Expiration and Extension of Certain Public Health Orders Issued by Health Authority - Sec. 121.026. EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS...

Subchapter C. Municipalities and Counties Without Organized Local Public Health Departments or Districts

Section 121.028. Appointment of Health Authority - Sec. 121.028. APPOINTMENT OF HEALTH AUTHORITY. (a) The governing body...

Section 121.029. Delegation of Authority - Sec. 121.029. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY. (a) A health authority, unless...

Subchapter D. Local Health Departments

Section 121.031. Establishment - Sec. 121.031. ESTABLISHMENT. The governing body of a municipality or...

Section 121.032. Powers and Duties - Sec. 121.032. POWERS AND DUTIES. A local health department may...

Section 121.033. Department Director - Sec. 121.033. DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR. (a) The governing body of a...

Section 121.0331. Delegation of Authority - Sec. 121.0331. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY. (a) A health authority, unless...

Section 121.034. Public Health Board - Sec. 121.034. PUBLIC HEALTH BOARD. (a) The governing body of...

Subchapter E. Public Health Districts

Section 121.041. Establishment - Sec. 121.041. ESTABLISHMENT. By a majority vote of each governing...

Section 121.042. Admission to District - Sec. 121.042. ADMISSION TO DISTRICT. (a) Any governmental entity, including...

Section 121.043. Powers and Duties - Sec. 121.043. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) A public health district...

Section 121.044. Cooperative Agreement - Sec. 121.044. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. (a) The members of a public...

Section 121.045. District Director - Sec. 121.045. DISTRICT DIRECTOR. (a) The members of a public...

Section 121.0451. Delegation of Authority - Sec. 121.0451. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY. (a) A health authority, unless...

Section 121.046. Public Health Board - Sec. 121.046. PUBLIC HEALTH BOARD. (a) The cooperative agreement of...

Section 121.047. Finances - Sec. 121.047. FINANCES. The members of a public health district...

Subchapter F. Public Health Consortium

Section 121.101. Definition - Sec. 121.101. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "consortium" means the public...

Section 121.102. Consortium Established - Sec. 121.102. CONSORTIUM ESTABLISHED. Subject to availability of funds, the...

Section 121.103. General Duties - Sec. 121.103. GENERAL DUTIES. (a) Subject to the availability of...