Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies
Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies

Section 81.008. Communicable Disease in Animals; Exchange of Information - Sec. 81.008. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE IN ANIMALS; EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. The...

Section 81.009. Exemption From Medical Treatment - Sec. 81.009. EXEMPTION FROM MEDICAL TREATMENT. (a) This chapter does...

Section 81.011. Request for Information - Sec. 81.011. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. In times of emergency or...

Section 81.012. Designated Infection Control Officer - Sec. 81.012. DESIGNATED INFECTION CONTROL OFFICER. (a) An entity that...

Section 81.013. Consideration of Federal Law and Regulations - Sec. 81.013. CONSIDERATION OF FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATIONS. The executive...

Section 81.014. Long-Term Care Facility Infection Prevention and Control Program - Sec. 81.014. LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAM....

Section 81.015. Antimicrobial Stewardship Regional Advisory Committees - Sec. 81.015. ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a) The department...

Section 81.016. Personal Protective Equipment Reserve Advisory Committee - Sec. 81.016. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT RESERVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) In...

Section 81.016. Availability of Data Regarding Public Health Disaster - Text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg.,...

Subchapter B. Prevention and Preparedness

Section 81.021. Protection of Public Health - Sec. 81.021. PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH. The executive commissioner and...

Section 81.022. Health Education - Sec. 81.022. HEALTH EDUCATION. (a) The department may conduct a...

Section 81.023. Immunization - Sec. 81.023. IMMUNIZATION. (a) The department shall develop immunization requirements...

Section 81.024. Reports by Department - Sec. 81.024. REPORTS BY DEPARTMENT. The department shall provide regular...

Section 81.027. Trauma Service Area Regional Advisory Council Data Collection and Reporting - Sec. 81.027. TRAUMA SERVICE AREA REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL DATA COLLECTION...

Subchapter C. Reports and Reportable Diseases

Section 81.041. Reportable Diseases - Sec. 81.041. REPORTABLE DISEASES. (a) The executive commissioner shall identify...

Section 81.042. Persons Required to Report - Sec. 81.042. PERSONS REQUIRED TO REPORT. (a) A report under...

Section 81.043. Records and Reports of Health Authority - Sec. 81.043. RECORDS AND REPORTS OF HEALTH AUTHORITY. (a) Each...

Section 81.044. Reporting Procedures - Sec. 81.044. REPORTING PROCEDURES. (a) The executive commissioner shall prescribe...

Section 81.0443. Standardized Information Sharing Method - Sec. 81.0443. STANDARDIZED INFORMATION SHARING METHOD. The department shall collaborate...

Section 81.0444. Hospital to Report - Sec. 81.0444. HOSPITAL TO REPORT. A hospital shall report to...

Section 81.0445. Provision of Information to Public During Public Health Disaster - Sec. 81.0445. PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO PUBLIC DURING PUBLIC HEALTH...

Section 81.045. Reports of Death - Sec. 81.045. REPORTS OF DEATH. (a) A physician who attends...

Section 81.046. Confidentiality - Sec. 81.046. CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) Reports, records, and information received from...

Section 81.047. Epidemiological Reports - Sec. 81.047. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REPORTS. Subject to the confidentiality requirements of...

Section 81.048. Notification of Emergency Response Employee or Volunteer - Sec. 81.048. NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER. (a)...

Section 81.049. Failure to Report; Criminal Penalty - Sec. 81.049. FAILURE TO REPORT; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person...

Section 81.0495. Failure to Report; Civil Penalty - Sec. 81.0495. FAILURE TO REPORT; CIVIL PENALTY. (a) The department...

Section 81.050. Mandatory Testing of Persons Suspected of Exposing Certain Other Persons to Reportable Diseases, Including HIV Infection - Sec. 81.050. MANDATORY TESTING OF PERSONS SUSPECTED OF EXPOSING CERTAIN...

Section 81.051. Partner Notification Programs; HIV Infection - Sec. 81.051. PARTNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAMS; HIV INFECTION. (a) The department...

Section 81.052. Reports and Analyses Concerning AIDS and HIV Infection - Sec. 81.052. REPORTS AND ANALYSES CONCERNING AIDS AND HIV INFECTION....

Section 81.053. Data Quality Assurance - Sec. 81.053. DATA QUALITY ASSURANCE. The department shall implement quality...

Subchapter D. Investigation and Inspection

Section 81.061. Investigation - Sec. 81.061. INVESTIGATION. (a) The department shall investigate the causes...

Section 81.062. Witnesses; Documents - Sec. 81.062. WITNESSES; DOCUMENTS. (a) For the purpose of an...

Section 81.063. Samples - Sec. 81.063. SAMPLES. (a) A person authorized to conduct an...

Section 81.064. Inspection - Sec. 81.064. INSPECTION. (a) The department or a health authority...

Section 81.065. Right of Entry - Sec. 81.065. RIGHT OF ENTRY. (a) For an investigation or...

Section 81.066. Concealing Communicable Disease or Exposure to Communicable Disease; Criminal Penalty - Sec. 81.066. CONCEALING COMMUNICABLE DISEASE OR EXPOSURE TO COMMUNICABLE DISEASE;...

Section 81.067. Concealing, Removing, or Disposing of an Infected or Contaminated Animal, Object, Vehicle, Watercraft, or Aircraft; Criminal Penalty - Sec. 81.067. CONCEALING, REMOVING, OR DISPOSING OF AN INFECTED OR...

Section 81.068. Refusing Entry or Inspection; Criminal Penalty - Sec. 81.068. REFUSING ENTRY OR INSPECTION; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A...

Subchapter E. Control; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies

Section 81.081. Department's Duty - Sec. 81.081. DEPARTMENT'S DUTY. The department is the preemptive authority...

Section 81.0813. Authority to Declare Public Health Disaster or Order Public Health Emergency - Sec. 81.0813. AUTHORITY TO DECLARE PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER OR ORDER...

Section 81.0814. Consultation With Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response - Sec. 81.0814. CONSULTATION WITH TASK FORCE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREPAREDNESS...

Section 81.0815. Failure to Report; Civil Penalty - Sec. 81.0815. FAILURE TO REPORT; CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A health...

Section 81.082. Administration of Control Measures - Sec. 81.082. ADMINISTRATION OF CONTROL MEASURES. (a) A health authority...

Section 81.0821. Legislative Public Health Oversight Board - Sec. 81.0821. LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC HEALTH OVERSIGHT BOARD. (a) In this...

Section 81.083. Application of Control Measures to Individual - Sec. 81.083. APPLICATION OF CONTROL MEASURES TO INDIVIDUAL. (a) Any...

Section 81.084. Application of Control Measures to Property - Sec. 81.084. APPLICATION OF CONTROL MEASURES TO PROPERTY. (a) If...

Section 81.085. Area Quarantine; Criminal Penalty - Sec. 81.085. AREA QUARANTINE; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) If an outbreak...

Section 81.086. Application of Control Measures to Private and Common Carriers and Private Conveyances - Sec. 81.086. APPLICATION OF CONTROL MEASURES TO PRIVATE AND COMMON...

Section 81.087. Violation of Control Measure Orders; Criminal Penalty - Sec. 81.087. VIOLATION OF CONTROL MEASURE ORDERS; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a)...

Section 81.088. Removal, Alteration, or Destruction of Quarantine Devices; Criminal Penalty - Sec. 81.088. REMOVAL, ALTERATION, OR DESTRUCTION OF QUARANTINE DEVICES; CRIMINAL...

Section 81.089. Transportation; Criminal Penalty - Sec. 81.089. TRANSPORTATION; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an...

Section 81.090. Diagnostic Testing During Pregnancy and After Birth - Sec. 81.090. DIAGNOSTIC TESTING DURING PREGNANCY AND AFTER BIRTH. (a)...

Section 81.091. Ophthalmia Neonatorum Prevention; Criminal Penalty - Sec. 81.091. OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM PREVENTION; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A physician,...

Section 81.092. Contracts for Services - Sec. 81.092. CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES. The department may contract with...

Section 81.093. Persons Prosecuted for Certain Crimes - Sec. 81.093. PERSONS PROSECUTED FOR CERTAIN CRIMES. (a) A court...

Section 81.094. Testing by Hospitals of Persons Indicted for Certain Crimes - Sec. 81.094. TESTING BY HOSPITALS OF PERSONS INDICTED FOR CERTAIN...

Section 81.095. Testing for Accidental Exposure - Sec. 81.095. TESTING FOR ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE. (a) In a case...

Section 81.0955. Testing for Accidental Exposure Involving a Deceased Person - Sec. 81.0955. TESTING FOR ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE INVOLVING A DECEASED PERSON....

Subchapter F. Tests for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Related Disorders

Section 81.101. Definitions - Sec. 81.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "AIDS" means acquired...

Section 81.102. Tests; Criminal Penalty - Sec. 81.102. TESTS; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person may not...

Section 81.103. Confidentiality; Criminal Penalty - Sec. 81.103. CONFIDENTIALITY; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A test result is...

Section 81.104. Injunction; Civil Liability - Sec. 81.104. INJUNCTION; CIVIL LIABILITY. (a) A person may bring...

Section 81.105. Informed Consent - Sec. 81.105. INFORMED CONSENT. (a) Except as otherwise provided by...

Section 81.106. General Consent - Sec. 81.106. GENERAL CONSENT. (a) A person who has signed...

Section 81.107. Consent to Test for Certain Accidental Exposures - Sec. 81.107. CONSENT TO TEST FOR CERTAIN ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURES. (a)...

Section 81.108. Testing by Insurers - Sec. 81.108. TESTING BY INSURERS. The Insurance Code and any...

Section 81.109. Counseling Required for Positive Test Results - Sec. 81.109. COUNSELING REQUIRED FOR POSITIVE TEST RESULTS. (a) A...

Subchapter G. Court Orders for Management of Persons With Communicable Diseases

Section 81.151. Application for Court Order - Sec. 81.151. APPLICATION FOR COURT ORDER. (a) At the request...

Section 81.1511. Applicability of Subchapter to Group - Sec. 81.1511. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER TO GROUP. To the extent...

Section 81.152. Form of Application - Sec. 81.152. FORM OF APPLICATION. (a) An application for a...

Section 81.153. Appointment of Attorney - Sec. 81.153. APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY. (a) The judge shall appoint...

Section 81.1531. Appointment of Attorney for Group - Sec. 81.1531. APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR GROUP. (a) A judge...

Section 81.154. Setting on Application - Sec. 81.154. SETTING ON APPLICATION. (a) The judge or a...

Section 81.155. Notice - Sec. 81.155. NOTICE. (a) The person and the person's attorney...

Section 81.156. Disclosure of Information - Sec. 81.156. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION. (a) The person's attorney may...

Section 81.157. District Court Jurisdiction - Sec. 81.157. DISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION. (a) A proceeding under this...

Section 81.158. Affidavit of Medical Evaluation - Sec. 81.158. AFFIDAVIT OF MEDICAL EVALUATION. (a) An affidavit of...

Section 81.159. Designation of Facility - Sec. 81.159. DESIGNATION OF FACILITY. (a) The commissioner shall designate...

Section 81.160. Liberty Pending Hearing - Sec. 81.160. LIBERTY PENDING HEARING. The person who is the...

Section 81.161. Motion for Order of Protective Custody - Sec. 81.161. MOTION FOR ORDER OF PROTECTIVE CUSTODY. (a) A...

Section 81.162. Issuance of Order - Sec. 81.162. ISSUANCE OF ORDER. (a) The judge or designated...

Section 81.163. Apprehension Under Order - Sec. 81.163. APPREHENSION UNDER ORDER. (a) A protective custody order...

Section 81.164. Appointment of Attorney - Sec. 81.164. APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY. (a) The judge or designated...

Section 81.165. Probable Cause Hearing - Sec. 81.165. PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING. (a) A hearing must be...

Section 81.166. Order for Continued Detention - Sec. 81.166. ORDER FOR CONTINUED DETENTION. (a) The magistrate or...

Section 81.167. Detention in Protective Custody - Sec. 81.167. DETENTION IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY. (a) The head of...

Section 81.168. Release From Detention - Sec. 81.168. RELEASE FROM DETENTION. (a) The magistrate or master...

Section 81.169. General Provisions Relating to Hearing - Sec. 81.169. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO HEARING. (a) Except as...

Section 81.170. Right to Jury - Sec. 81.170. RIGHT TO JURY. (a) A hearing for temporary...

Section 81.171. Release After Hearing - Sec. 81.171. RELEASE AFTER HEARING. (a) The court shall enter...

Section 81.172. Order for Temporary Management - Sec. 81.172. ORDER FOR TEMPORARY MANAGEMENT. (a) The judge or...

Section 81.173. Order for Extended Management - Sec. 81.173. ORDER FOR EXTENDED MANAGEMENT. (a) The jury, or...

Section 81.174. Order of Care or Commitment - Sec. 81.174. ORDER OF CARE OR COMMITMENT. (a) The judge...

Section 81.175. Court-Ordered Outpatient Services - Sec. 81.175. COURT-ORDERED OUTPATIENT SERVICES. (a) The court, in an...

Section 81.176. Designation of Facility - Sec. 81.176. DESIGNATION OF FACILITY. In a court order for...

Section 81.177. Commitment to Private Facility - Sec. 81.177. COMMITMENT TO PRIVATE FACILITY. (a) The court may...

Section 81.178. Commitment to Federal Facility - Sec. 81.178. COMMITMENT TO FEDERAL FACILITY. (a) A court may...

Section 81.179. Transportation of Person - Sec. 81.179. TRANSPORTATION OF PERSON. (a) The court shall order...

Section 81.180. Writ of Commitment - Sec. 81.180. WRIT OF COMMITMENT. The court shall direct the...

Section 81.181. Acknowledgement of Delivery - Sec. 81.181. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF DELIVERY. The head of the facility,...

Section 81.182. Modification of Order for Inpatient Treatment - Sec. 81.182. MODIFICATION OF ORDER FOR INPATIENT TREATMENT. (a) At...

Section 81.183. Motion for Modification of Order for Outpatient Treatment - Sec. 81.183. MOTION FOR MODIFICATION OF ORDER FOR OUTPATIENT TREATMENT....

Section 81.184. Order for Temporary Detention - Sec. 81.184. ORDER FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION. (a) At the request...

Section 81.185. Apprehension and Release Under Order for Temporary Detention - Sec. 81.185. APPREHENSION AND RELEASE UNDER ORDER FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION....

Section 81.186. Order of Modification of Order for Outpatient Services - Sec. 81.186. ORDER OF MODIFICATION OF ORDER FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES....

Section 81.187. Renewal of Order for Extended Management - Sec. 81.187. RENEWAL OF ORDER FOR EXTENDED MANAGEMENT. (a) A...

Section 81.188. Motion for Rehearing - Sec. 81.188. MOTION FOR REHEARING. (a) The court may set...

Section 81.189. Request for Reexamination - Sec. 81.189. REQUEST FOR REEXAMINATION. (a) A person subject to...

Section 81.190. Hearing on Request for Reexamination - Sec. 81.190. HEARING ON REQUEST FOR REEXAMINATION. (a) A court...

Section 81.191. Appeal - Sec. 81.191. APPEAL. (a) An appeal from an order for...

Section 81.192. Continuing Care Plan Before Discharge - Sec. 81.192. CONTINUING CARE PLAN BEFORE DISCHARGE. The health authority...

Section 81.193. Pass From Inpatient Care - Sec. 81.193. PASS FROM INPATIENT CARE. (a) The head of...

Section 81.194. Return to Facility - Sec. 81.194. RETURN TO FACILITY. (a) If a person is...

Section 81.195. Discharge on Expiration of Court Order - Sec. 81.195. DISCHARGE ON EXPIRATION OF COURT ORDER. The head...

Section 81.196. Discharge Before Expiration of Court Order - Sec. 81.196. DISCHARGE BEFORE EXPIRATION OF COURT ORDER. (a) The...

Section 81.197. Certificate of Discharge - Sec. 81.197. CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE. Before a person is discharged...

Section 81.198. Authorization for Admission - Sec. 81.198. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADMISSION. The head of a health...

Section 81.199. Transfer to Federal Facility - Sec. 81.199. TRANSFER TO FEDERAL FACILITY. The health authority or...

Section 81.200. Transfer of Records - Sec. 81.200. TRANSFER OF RECORDS. The head of the transferring...

Section 81.201. Writ of Habeas Corpus - Sec. 81.201. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS. This subchapter does not...

Section 81.202. Effect on Guardianship - Sec. 81.202. EFFECT ON GUARDIANSHIP. This subchapter, or an action...

Section 81.203. Confidentiality of Records - Sec. 81.203. CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS. Records of a health care...

Section 81.204. Rights Subject to Limitation by Head of Facility - Sec. 81.204. RIGHTS SUBJECT TO LIMITATION BY HEAD OF FACILITY....

Section 81.205. Notification of Rights - Sec. 81.205. NOTIFICATION OF RIGHTS. A person receiving inpatient health...

Section 81.206. General Rights Relating to Treatment - Sec. 81.206. GENERAL RIGHTS RELATING TO TREATMENT. A person receiving...

Section 81.207. Adequacy of Treatment - Sec. 81.207. ADEQUACY OF TREATMENT. (a) The head of an...

Section 81.208. Periodic Examination - Sec. 81.208. PERIODIC EXAMINATION. The head of a health care...

Section 81.209. Use of Physical Restraint - Sec. 81.209. USE OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT. (a) A physical restraint...

Section 81.210. Costs - Sec. 81.210. COSTS. (a) A county shall pay the costs...

Section 81.211. Filing and Status of Foreign Court Orders - Sec. 81.211. FILING AND STATUS OF FOREIGN COURT ORDERS. (a)...

Section 81.212. Evading or Resisting Apprehension or Transport; Criminal Penalty - Sec. 81.212. EVADING OR RESISTING APPREHENSION OR TRANSPORT; CRIMINAL PENALTY....

Subchapter H. Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Control Plan

Section 81.301. Definitions - Sec. 81.301. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Bloodborne pathogens" means...

Section 81.302. Applicability of Subchapter - Sec. 81.302. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to...

Section 81.303. Exposure Control Plan - Sec. 81.303. EXPOSURE CONTROL PLAN. The department shall establish an...

Section 81.304. Minimum Standards - Sec. 81.304. MINIMUM STANDARDS. The executive commissioner by rule shall...

Section 81.305. Needleless Systems - Sec. 81.305. NEEDLELESS SYSTEMS. (a) The executive commissioner by rule...

Section 81.306. Sharps Injury Log - Sec. 81.306. SHARPS INJURY LOG. (a) The executive commissioner by...

Subchapter I. Animal-Borne Diseases

Section 81.351. Definition - Sec. 81.351. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "pet store" means a...

Section 81.352. Warning Sign Required; Rules - Sec. 81.352. WARNING SIGN REQUIRED; RULES. (a) The owner or...

Section 81.353. Administrative Penalty - Sec. 81.353. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a) The department may assess an...

Subchapter J. Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response

Section 81.401. Definition - Sec. 81.401. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "task force" means the...

Section 81.402. Purpose and Findings - Sec. 81.402. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS. The legislature finds that: (1)...

Section 81.403. Task Force; Duties - Sec. 81.403. TASK FORCE; DUTIES. (a) The Task Force on...

Section 81.404. Appointment of Members; Terms - Sec. 81.404. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS; TERMS. (a) The governor may...

Section 81.405. Reports - Sec. 81.405. REPORTS. The task force may make written reports...

Section 81.406. Meetings - Sec. 81.406. MEETINGS. (a) The task force shall meet: (1)...

Section 81.407. Administrative Support - Sec. 81.407. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. State agencies with members on the...

Section 81.408. Reimbursement - Sec. 81.408. REIMBURSEMENT. Task force members serve without compensation and...

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Texas Statutes Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies

Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies
Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies