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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 2. HEALTH |
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Subtitle A. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH |
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Chapter 13. HEALTH DEPARTMENT HOSPITALS AND RESPIRATORY FACILITIES |
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Subchapter B. TEXAS TUBERCULOSIS CODE |
Sec. 13.034. BOARD DUTIES
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(a) The board shall adopt rules and bylaws relating to:
(1) the management of state chest hospitals;
(2) the duties of officers and employees of those hospitals; and
(3) the enforcement of necessary discipline and restraint of patients.
(b) The board shall supply each hospital with the necessary personnel for the operation and maintenance of the hospital.
(c) The board may:
(1) prescribe the form and content of applications, certificates, records, and reports provided for under this subchapter;
(2) require reports from the administrator of a state chest hospital relating to the admission, examination, diagnosis, release, or discharge of a patient;
(3) visit each hospital regularly to review admitting procedures and the care and treatment of all new patients admitted since the last visit;
(4) investigate by personal visit a complaint made by a patient or by another person on behalf of a patient; and
(5) adopt rules as necessary for the proper and efficient hospitalization of tuberculosis patients.
(d) The board may delegate a power or duty of the board to an employee. The delegation does not relieve the board from its responsibility.