Sec. 92.005. ACCESS TO INFORMATION. Subject to the confidentiality provisions of this subchapter, the department may collect, or cause to be collected, medical, demographic, or epidemiologic information from any medical or laboratory record or file to help the department in the epidemiologic investigation of injuries and their causes.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Renumbered from Health & Safety Code Sec. 87.005 by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 17.01(18), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Renumbered from Health and Safety Code Sec. 88.005 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 31.01(53), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1088, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies
Chapter 92 - Injury Prevention and Control
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 92.002. Reportable Injury; Rules
Section 92.003. Reporting Requirements
Section 92.004. Powers and Duties of Department
Section 92.005. Access to Information
Section 92.006. Confidentiality
Section 92.007. Investigations
Section 92.009. Coordination With Texas Department of Insurance