Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
Subtitle G. CORRECTIONS |
Chapter 501. INMATE WELFARE |
Subchapter B. GENERAL MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS |
Sec. 501.060. TUBERCULOSIS SCREENING
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(a) The board will establish requirements for tuberculosis screening of department employees and volunteers in a manner similar to that established for jail employees and volunteers as outlined in Subchapter B, Chapter 89, Health and Safety Code.
(b) The institutional division shall provide tuberculosis screening for a person if:
(1) the person is an employee of:
(A) the institutional division;
(B) the correctional managed care plan operated by The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; or
(C) the Texas Tech University Health Science Center Correctional Managed Care Plan; and
(2) the person requests the screening.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 786, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Renumbered from Government Code Sec. 501.059 by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 17.01(17), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Renumbered from Government Code Sec. 501.059 and amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 385, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.