Sec. 191.006. RECORDS OF PERSONS IN HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS. (a) This section applies to each public or private hospital, almshouse, or other institution to which persons are committed by process of law or voluntarily enter for treatment of disease or for confinement.
(b) When a person is admitted to the institution, the superintendent, manager, or other person in charge of the institution shall record, in the manner directed by the state registrar, the admitted person's personal and statistical data required by certificate forms under this title. If the person is admitted for the treatment of disease, the physician in charge shall specify for the record the nature of the disease and where, in the physician's opinion, the disease was contracted.
(c) The personal information required under Subsection (b) shall be obtained:
(1) from the person admitted to the institution, if practicable; or
(2) from the person's relatives or friends or from other persons acquainted with the facts, in as complete a manner as possible, if the information cannot be obtained from the person admitted to the institution.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 191 - Administration of Vital Statistics Records
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 191.0011. Reference in Other Law
Section 191.002. Powers and Duties of Department
Section 191.003. Powers and Duties of Executive Commissioner and Department
Section 191.0031. Certified Copies by Mail
Section 191.004. State Registrar
Section 191.0046. Fee Exemptions
Section 191.0047. Birth Information for Department of Family and Protective Services
Section 191.0048. Voluntary Contribution to Texas Home Visiting Program
Section 191.0049. Birth Record Issued to Foster Child or Youth or Homeless Child or Youth
Section 191.005. Vital Statistics Account
Section 191.006. Records of Persons in Hospitals and Institutions
Section 191.007. Regulation by Certain Municipalities
Section 191.008. Sorting Collected Data
Section 191.009. Use of Diacritical Marks
Section 191.010. Death Information for Department of Public Safety