Tex. Health and Safety Code § 224.003
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 224.003, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 224.003. DISASTER EXEMPTION.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section, "public health disaster" has the meaning assigned by Section 81.003.
(b) During a public health disaster, a health care facility may prohibit a covered individual who is exempt from the vaccines required in the policy developed by the facility under Section 224.002 from having contact with facility patients.
(b) During a public health disaster, a health care facility may prohibit a covered individual who is exempt from the vaccines required in the policy developed by the facility under Section 224.002 from having contact with facility patients.
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