Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.022
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.022, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 81.022. HEALTH EDUCATION.
Official statutory text
(a) The department may conduct a program of health education for the prevention and control of communicable disease.
(b) The department may contract for presentations to increase the public awareness of individual actions needed to prevent and control communicable disease. The types of presentations include mass media productions, outdoor display advertising, newspaper advertising, literature, bulletins, pamphlets, posters, and audiovisual displays.
(c) The department shall recommend a public school health curriculum to the State Board of Education.
(b) The department may contract for presentations to increase the public awareness of individual actions needed to prevent and control communicable disease. The types of presentations include mass media productions, outdoor display advertising, newspaper advertising, literature, bulletins, pamphlets, posters, and audiovisual displays.
(c) The department shall recommend a public school health curriculum to the State Board of Education.
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