Sec. 81.094. TESTING BY HOSPITALS OF PERSONS INDICTED FOR CERTAIN CRIMES. A hospital shall perform a medical procedure or test on a person if a court orders the hospital to perform the procedure or test on a person whom the court orders to undergo the procedure or test under Article 21.31, Code of Criminal Procedure. The procedure or test is a cost of court.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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