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Chapter 11 - General Provisions
Section 11.001. Definitions - Sec. 11.001. DEFINITIONS. In this title: (1) "Commission" means the...
Chapter 12 - Powers and Duties of Department of State Health Services
Subchapter A. General Powers and Duties
Section 12.0001. Commissioner's Powers and Duties; Effect of Conflict With Other Law - Sec. 12.0001. COMMISSIONER'S POWERS AND DUTIES; EFFECT OF CONFLICT WITH...
Section 12.001. General Powers and Duties of Executive Commissioner - Sec. 12.001. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER. (a)...
Section 12.0011. Investigations in General - Sec. 12.0011. INVESTIGATIONS IN GENERAL. Subject to the oversight of...
Section 12.002. Certain Procedures for Investigations - Sec. 12.002. CERTAIN PROCEDURES FOR INVESTIGATIONS. (a) The commissioner or...
Section 12.003. Legal Representation - Sec. 12.003. LEGAL REPRESENTATION. (a) A suit brought by the...
Subchapter B. Powers and Duties of Department
Section 12.011. Appropriations, Grants, and Donations - Sec. 12.011. APPROPRIATIONS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS. (a) To carry out...
Section 12.0111. Licensing Fees - Sec. 12.0111. LICENSING FEES. (a) This section applies in relation...
Section 12.0112. Term of License - Sec. 12.0112. TERM OF LICENSE. (a) Notwithstanding other law and...
Section 12.0115. Integration of Health Care Delivery Programs - Sec. 12.0115. INTEGRATION OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY PROGRAMS. (a) In...
Section 12.012. Awarding Contracts or Grants and Selecting Service Providers - Sec. 12.012. AWARDING CONTRACTS OR GRANTS AND SELECTING SERVICE PROVIDERS....
Section 12.0121. Contracting for Professional Services - Sec. 12.0121. CONTRACTING FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. (a) In this section,...
Section 12.0122. Sale of Laboratory Services - Sec. 12.0122. SALE OF LABORATORY SERVICES. (a) The department may...
Section 12.0125. Drug Rebates - Sec. 12.0125. DRUG REBATES. (a) The department shall develop a...
Section 12.0128. Health Alert Network - Sec. 12.0128. HEALTH ALERT NETWORK. The department shall include local...
Section 12.013. Driving and Traffic Policies - Sec. 12.013. DRIVING AND TRAFFIC POLICIES. (a) The department shall...
Section 12.014. Registry - Sec. 12.014. REGISTRY. (a) The department may establish a registry...
Section 12.0145. Information About Enforcement Actions - Sec. 12.0145. INFORMATION ABOUT ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. (a) The department shall...
Section 12.0146. Trends in Enforcement - Sec. 12.0146. TRENDS IN ENFORCEMENT. The department shall publish annually...
Section 12.015. Information on Community Services - Sec. 12.015. INFORMATION ON COMMUNITY SERVICES. (a) If the department...
Section 12.016. Public Hearing Procedures - Sec. 12.016. PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURES. (a) Any statements, correspondence, or...
Section 12.018. Unannounced Inspections - Sec. 12.018. UNANNOUNCED INSPECTIONS. The department may make any inspection...
Section 12.019. Genetic Counseling Fees - Sec. 12.019. GENETIC COUNSELING FEES. (a) The executive commissioner by...
Section 12.020. Protection and Use of Intellectual Property - Sec. 12.020. PROTECTION AND USE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. (a) The...
Subchapter D. Fees for Public Health Services
Section 12.031. Definition - Sec. 12.031. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "public health services" means:...
Section 12.032. Fees for Public Health Services - Sec. 12.032. FEES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES. (a) The executive...
Section 12.033. Distribution and Administration of Certain Vaccines and Sera - Sec. 12.033. DISTRIBUTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN VACCINES AND SERA....
Section 12.034. Collection Procedures - Sec. 12.034. COLLECTION PROCEDURES. (a) The executive commissioner shall establish...
Section 12.035. Public Health Services Fee Account - Sec. 12.035. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES FEE ACCOUNT. (a) The department...
Section 12.036. Subrogation - Sec. 12.036. SUBROGATION. (a) In furnishing public health services to...
Section 12.037. Modification, Suspension, or Termination of Services - Sec. 12.037. MODIFICATION, SUSPENSION, OR TERMINATION OF SERVICES. (a) The...
Section 12.038. Rules - Sec. 12.038. RULES. The executive commissioner may adopt rules necessary...
Section 12.039. Construction of Other Laws - Sec. 12.039. CONSTRUCTION OF OTHER LAWS. (a) This subchapter does...
Subchapter E. Grants or Contracts for Purchases of Public Health Services, Equipment, or Supplies
Section 12.051. Provision of Funds - Sec. 12.051. PROVISION OF FUNDS. The department may provide funds...
Section 12.052. Requirements for Expenditure of Certain Funds - Sec. 12.052. REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPENDITURE OF CERTAIN FUNDS. (a) The...
Section 12.053. Inventory Requirements - Sec. 12.053. INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS. All equipment and supplies which are...
Section 12.054. Disposition of Certain Department Property - Sec. 12.054. DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT PROPERTY. (a) This section...
Section 12.055. Certain Procurements Made With Department Funds - Sec. 12.055. CERTAIN PROCUREMENTS MADE WITH DEPARTMENT FUNDS. (a) A...
Section 12.056. Participation in Department Purchasing Contracts or Group Purchasing Program - Sec. 12.056. PARTICIPATION IN DEPARTMENT PURCHASING CONTRACTS OR GROUP PURCHASING...
Subchapter F. Border Health
Section 12.071. Office of Border Health - Sec. 12.071. OFFICE OF BORDER HEALTH. The department shall establish...
Section 12.072. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Disease Mitigation in Border Counties - Sec. 12.072. VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASE MITIGATION IN BORDER COUNTIES....
Subchapter H. Medical Advisory Board
Section 12.091. Definition - Sec. 12.091. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "panel" means a panel...
Section 12.092. Medical Advisory Board; Board Members - Sec. 12.092. MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD; BOARD MEMBERS. (a) The commissioner...
Section 12.093. Administration - Sec. 12.093. ADMINISTRATION. (a) The medical advisory board is administratively...
Section 12.094. Rules Relating to Medical Advisory Board Members - Sec. 12.094. RULES RELATING TO MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS. (a)...
Section 12.095. Board Panels; Powers and Duties - Sec. 12.095. BOARD PANELS; POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) If the...
Section 12.096. Physician Report - Sec. 12.096. PHYSICIAN REPORT. (a) A physician licensed to practice...
Section 12.097. Confidentiality Requirements - Sec. 12.097. CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENTS. (a) All records, reports, and testimony...
Section 12.098. Liability - Sec. 12.098. LIABILITY. A member of the medical advisory board,...
Subchapter I. Texas Volunteer Health Corps
Section 12.111. Texas Volunteer Health Corps - Sec. 12.111. TEXAS VOLUNTEER HEALTH CORPS. (a) The department shall...
Section 12.112. Coordinators - Sec. 12.112. COORDINATORS. (a) The department may employ coordinators to...
Section 12.113. Volunteers - Sec. 12.113. VOLUNTEERS. (a) Volunteers recruited under this subchapter may...
Section 12.114. Vital Health Care Issues - Sec. 12.114. VITAL HEALTH CARE ISSUES. (a) The department may...
Section 12.115. Mentors - Sec. 12.115. MENTORS. The department shall encourage health care professionals...
Section 12.116. Information - Sec. 12.116. INFORMATION. The department may provide public health information...
Subchapter J. Tobacco Settlement Proceeds
Section 12.131. Definitions - Sec. 12.131. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Account" has the...
Section 12.132. Certification to Comptroller - Sec. 12.132. CERTIFICATION TO COMPTROLLER. The department shall collect information...
Section 12.133. Collection of Information - Sec. 12.133. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION. (a) Each political subdivision shall...
Section 12.134. Disputes Relating to Information Collected - Sec. 12.134. DISPUTES RELATING TO INFORMATION COLLECTED. (a) Subject to...
Section 12.135. Effect of Dispute - Sec. 12.135. EFFECT OF DISPUTE. A dispute filed under department...
Section 12.136. Adjustment Following Audit - Sec. 12.136. ADJUSTMENT FOLLOWING AUDIT. (a) If the department, pursuant...
Section 12.137. Tobacco Settlement Permanent Trust Account Administration Advisory Committee - Sec. 12.137. TOBACCO SETTLEMENT PERMANENT TRUST ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE....
Section 12.138. Approval of Rules - Sec. 12.138. APPROVAL OF RULES. A rule to be adopted...
Section 12.139. Annual Review - Sec. 12.139. ANNUAL REVIEW. The advisory committee shall annually: (1)...
Chapter 13 - Department Hospitals and Respiratory Facilities
Subchapter A. Care and Treatment in Department Hospitals
Section 13.002. Admission of Other Patients - Sec. 13.002. ADMISSION OF OTHER PATIENTS. (a) The department may...
Section 13.003. Services at Rio Grande State Center - Sec. 13.003. SERVICES AT RIO GRANDE STATE CENTER. (a) The...
Section 13.004. Treatment of Certain Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability - Sec. 13.004. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR...
Section 13.005. Care and Treatment of Certain Patients - Sec. 13.005. CARE AND TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PATIENTS. (a) The...
Section 13.006. Purpose of Tuberculosis Control Program - Sec. 13.006. PURPOSE OF TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAM. The primary objectives...
Section 13.007. Colonel H - Sec. 13.007. COLONEL H. WILLIAM "BILL" CARD, JR., OUTPATIENT CLINIC....
Subchapter B. Texas Tuberculosis Code
Section 13.031. Short Title - Sec. 13.031. SHORT TITLE. This subchapter may be cited as...
Section 13.032. Purpose - Sec. 13.032. PURPOSE. The purpose of this subchapter is to:...
Section 13.033. Definitions - Sec. 13.033. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Legally responsible person"...
Section 13.034. Duties of Executive Commissioner and Department - Sec. 13.034. DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT. (a) The...
Section 13.035. Employment of Hospital Administrators - Sec. 13.035. EMPLOYMENT OF HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS. (a) The department shall...
Section 13.036. Patient Admission; Examination Certificate - Sec. 13.036. PATIENT ADMISSION; EXAMINATION CERTIFICATE. (a) A resident of...
Section 13.037. Determination of Residency - Sec. 13.037. DETERMINATION OF RESIDENCY. (a) A person is a...
Section 13.038. Classification of Patients; Lien - Sec. 13.038. CLASSIFICATION OF PATIENTS; LIEN. (a) A patient admitted...
Section 13.039. Collection of State's Claim - Sec. 13.039. COLLECTION OF STATE'S CLAIM. (a) A state claim...
Section 13.040. Effect of Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act - Sec. 13.040. EFFECT OF INDIGENT HEALTH CARE AND TREATMENT ACT....
Section 13.041. Return of Certain Nonresidents; Reciprocal Agreements - Sec. 13.041. RETURN OF CERTAIN NONRESIDENTS; RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS. (a) The...
Section 13.042. Discrimination Prohibited - Sec. 13.042. DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. (a) A public health hospital may...
Section 13.043. Gratuities Prohibited - Sec. 13.043. GRATUITIES PROHIBITED. (a) A patient in a public...
Section 13.044. Private Accommodations - Sec. 13.044. PRIVATE ACCOMMODATIONS. (a) On the request of any...
Section 13.045. Donation of Land by County - Sec. 13.045. DONATION OF LAND BY COUNTY. (a) A county...
Section 13.046. Admission of Nonresident Patients - Sec. 13.046. ADMISSION OF NONRESIDENT PATIENTS. (a) The department may...