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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 D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES |
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Chapter 81. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES |
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Subchapter C. REPORTS AND REPORTABLE DISEASES |
Sec. 81.043. RECORDS AND REPORTS OF HEALTH AUTHORITY
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(a) Each health authority shall keep a record of each case of a reportable disease that is reported to the authority.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a health authority shall report reportable diseases to the department's central office at least as frequently as the interval set by board rule.
(c) A health authority each week shall report to the department's central office all cases reported to the authority during the previous week of:
(1) acquired immune deficiency syndrome; and
(2) human immunodeficiency virus infection.
(d) A health authority must include in a report filed under Subsection (c) all information required by the department for purposes of this section or other law, including:
(1) an infected person's city and county of residence, age, gender, race, ethnicity, and national origin; and
(2) the method by which the disease was transmitted.