Sec. 81.092. CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES. The department may contract with a physician to provide services to persons infected or reasonably suspected of being infected with a sexually transmitted disease or tuberculosis if:
(1) local or regional health department services are not available;
(2) the person in need of examination or treatment is unable to pay for the services; and
(3) there is an immediate need for examination or treatment of the person.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Structure 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
Subchapter E. Control; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies
Section 81.081. Department's Duty
Section 81.0813. Authority to Declare Public Health Disaster or Order Public Health Emergency
Section 81.0814. Consultation With Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response
Section 81.0815. Failure to Report; Civil Penalty
Section 81.082. Administration of Control Measures
Section 81.0821. Legislative Public Health Oversight Board
Section 81.083. Application of Control Measures to Individual
Section 81.084. Application of Control Measures to Property
Section 81.085. Area Quarantine; Criminal Penalty
Section 81.087. Violation of Control Measure Orders; Criminal Penalty
Section 81.088. Removal, Alteration, or Destruction of Quarantine Devices; Criminal Penalty
Section 81.089. Transportation; Criminal Penalty
Section 81.090. Diagnostic Testing During Pregnancy and After Birth
Section 81.091. Ophthalmia Neonatorum Prevention; Criminal Penalty
Section 81.092. Contracts for Services
Section 81.093. Persons Prosecuted for Certain Crimes
Section 81.094. Testing by Hospitals of Persons Indicted for Certain Crimes
Section 81.095. Testing for Accidental Exposure
Section 81.0955. Testing for Accidental Exposure Involving a Deceased Person