Tex. Health and Safety Code § 162.002
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 162.002, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 162.002. REQUIRED TESTING OF BLOOD.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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