Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.101
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.101, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 161.101. TESTS FOR EXPOSURE TO LEAD.
Official statutory text
(a) At the request of an attending physician, the department shall conduct tests for lead poisoning if the physician suspects that a person has been exposed to lead and that the person may have been harmed by that exposure.
(b) The department shall charge only for the cost to the department of conducting the test.
(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this section.
(b) The department shall charge only for the cost to the department of conducting the test.
(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this section.
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