Tex. Health and Safety Code § 121.0245
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 121.0245, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 121.0245. DUTIES OF PART-TIME HEALTH AUTHORITY.
Official statutory text
(a) If a physician appointed to serve as health authority for a county serves in that office part-time, the physician may:
(1) coordinate with the director of the local health department for the county in the performance of the duties imposed by Section 121.024(c)(3); and
(2) notify the department that the physician serves part-time in the office of health authority for the county.
(b) If the department provides information to a physician who serves part-time as health authority for a county, the department shall also provide the information to the director of the local health department for the county.
(1) coordinate with the director of the local health department for the county in the performance of the duties imposed by Section 121.024(c)(3); and
(2) notify the department that the physician serves part-time in the office of health authority for the county.
(b) If the department provides information to a physician who serves part-time as health authority for a county, the department shall also provide the information to the director of the local health department for the county.
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