Texas · statute · Tex. Health and Safety Code · 8,497 active provisions
(a) This code is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the legislature in the law codified as Chapter 323, Government Code. The program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the state's general and permanent statute law…
Chapter 311, Government Code (Code Construction Act), applies to the construction of each provision in this code except as otherwise expressly provided by this code.
In this code: (1) a reference to a title, chapter, or section without further identification is a reference to a title, chapter, or section of this code; and (2) a reference to a subtitle, subchapter, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, or other numbered or lettered unit without further identification is a reference to…
A reference in a law to a statute or a part of a statute revised by this code is considered to be a reference to the part of this code that revises that statute or part of the statute.
In this code: (1) "Artificial swimming lagoon" means an artificial body of water used for recreational purposes with more than 20,000 square feet of surface area, an artificial liner, and a method of disinfectant. The term does not include a body of water open to the public that continuously recirculates water from a s…
Notwithstanding any other law, each report that is required by this code to be submitted to the governor or a member of the legislature must be submitted not later than December 1 of the year that the report is due.
In this title: (1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission. (2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of state health services. (3) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services. (4) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
To the extent a power or duty given to the commissioner by this title or another law conflicts with any of the following provisions of the Government Code, the Government Code provision controls: (1) Subchapter A, Chapter 524; (2) Section 524.0101; (3) Sections 524.0151(a)(2) and (b); (4) Section 524.0202; and (5) Sect…
(a) The executive commissioner has general supervision and control over all matters relating to the health of the citizens of this state. (b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules for the performance of each duty imposed by law on the executive commissioner, the department, or the commissioner and file a copy of…
Subject to the oversight of the executive commissioner, the department shall examine, investigate, enter, and inspect any public place or public building as the department determines necessary for the discovery and suppression of disease and the enforcement of any health or sanitation law of this state. Amended by:
(a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may administer oaths, summon witnesses, and compel the attendance of witnesses in any matter proper for investigation by the department, subject to the executive commissioner's oversight, including the determination of nuisances and the investigation of: (1) public wa…
(a) A suit brought by the department must be brought in the name of the state. (b) The attorney general shall assign a special assistant to attend to the department's legal matters, and on the department's request shall furnish necessary assistance to the department relating to its legal requirements.
(a) To carry out its duties and functions, the department may apply for, contract for, receive, and spend an appropriation or grant from the state, the federal government, or any other public source, subject to any limitation or condition prescribed by legislative appropriation. (b) The department may accept donations…
(a) This section applies in relation to each licensing program administered by the department or administered by a regulatory board or other agency that is under the jurisdiction of the department or administratively attached to the department. In this section and Section 12.0112, "license" includes a permit, certifica…
(a) Notwithstanding other law and except as provided by Subsection (b), the term of each license issued by the department, or by a regulatory board or other agency that is under the jurisdiction of the department or administratively attached to the department, is two years. The department, regulatory board, or agency m…
(a) In this section, "health care delivery programs" includes the department's primary health care services program, its program to improve maternal and infant health, its services program for children with special health care needs, any aspects of health care delivery under the state Medicaid program assigned to the d…
(a) In awarding contracts or grants for services, or in selecting service providers under any program administered by the department, the department shall give preference to providers who can deliver appropriate services of similar quality in the most cost-effective manner. (b) In awarding the contracts or grants or se…
(a) In this section, "professional services" means those services performed by an individual who is licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise authorized by the state and who acts within the scope of the individual's license, certification, registration, or other authorization in the practice of a health or allied h…
(a) The department may enter into a contract for the sale and provision of laboratory services in accordance with this section. (b) The department may enter into a contract with: (1) a federal, state, or local governmental entity; or (2) a freestanding public health clinic owned or controlled by a nonprofit organizatio…
(a) The department shall develop a voluntary drug manufacturer rebate program for drugs purchased by or on behalf of a client of the Kidney Health Care Program or the Children with Special Health Care Needs Services Program for which rebates are not available under the Medicaid drug manufacturer rebate program. (b) The…
(a) The department, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. Section 1182(e), as amended, under exceptions provided by 8 U.S.C. Section 1184(l), as amended, may request waiver of the foreign country residence requirement for a qualified alien physician who agrees to practice medicine in a medically underserved area or health profes…
The department shall include local health officials, the Texas Association of Community Health Centers, and the Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals in the department's Texas Health Alert Network to the extent federal funds for bioterrorism preparedness are available for that purpose.
(a) The department shall continuously study and investigate the medical aspects of: (1) the licensing of drivers; (2) the enforcement of traffic safety laws, including differentiation between drivers who are ill or intoxicated; and (3) accident investigation, including examination for alcohol or drugs in the bodies of…
(a) The department may establish a registry or system of registries for providers of health-related services who are not otherwise licensed, registered, or certified by any state agency, board, or commission. (b) The executive commissioner by rule may adopt reasonable registration fees to cover the costs of establishin…
(a) The department shall publish and provide information in accordance with this section regarding each final enforcement action taken by the department or commissioner against a person or facility regulated by the department in which any kind of sanction is imposed, including: (1) the imposition of a reprimand, a peri…