Tex. Health and Safety Code § 162.005
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 162.005, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 162.005. DISCLOSURE TO CERTAIN PHYSICIANS OR PERSON TESTED.
Official statutory text
A blood bank shall disclose blood test results and the name of the person tested to:
(1) the physician or other person authorized by law who ordered the test;
(2) the physician attending the person tested; or
(3) the person tested or a person legally authorized to consent to the test on behalf of the person tested.
(1) the physician or other person authorized by law who ordered the test;
(2) the physician attending the person tested; or
(3) the person tested or a person legally authorized to consent to the test on behalf of the person tested.
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