Tex. Health and Safety Code § 33.013
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 33.013, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 33.013. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.
Official statutory text
A physician, technician, or other person administering the screening tests required by this chapter is not liable or responsible because of the failure or refusal of a parent, managing conservator, or guardian to consent to the tests for which this chapter provides.
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