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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 162.002

REQUIRED TESTING OF BLOOD

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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 162.002, REQUIRED TESTING OF BLOOD, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/668605
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(a) For each donation of blood, a blood bank shall require the donor to submit to tests for communicable diseases, including tests for AIDS, HIV, or hepatitis, and serological tests for contagious venereal diseases. (b) A blood bank is not required to obtain the donor's informed consent before administering tests for infectious diseases and is not required to provide counseling concerning the test results.